Clint Eastwood Quotes

For he who can wait, everything comes in time.

Success is just around the corner, but I don't want to rush into anything.

Life is long. Just because you don't get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come. Fate doesn't punch a time clock or consult a schedule.

Everything comes to him who knows how to wait.

Everything comes to him who waits -- if he waits till it comes.

Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.

I'll get mine in a few years, when I get up there and when the time comes.

We like things to manifest right away, and they may not. Many times, we're just planting a seed and we don't know exactly how it is going to come to fruition. It's hard for us to realize that what we see in front of us might not be the end of the story.

He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

The real important things are kindness and a sense of humor. I've been fortunate to have dated and could have easily married women who have those qualities, and time and circumstances didn't work out. Timing plays a big part.

Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don't want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time.

I'm young, but I've been doing this a long time... There's obviously a lot of hard work that goes into it. It's a hard town. There's a lot of talent here. It's all about timing, too. I just feel like I finally found the right town and the right song.

I've had close chances of success, and sometimes politics and people don't work out.

I try and keep it simple and wait for the right opportunity.

Greatness comes to those who wait.

Sometimes you have to wait. Sometimes you have to be patient, and your chances will come.

Most people are too fretful, they worry to much. Success means being very patient, but aggressive when it's time.

A lot of people think that success is luck and being in the right place at the right time. But I think if you’re willing to work harder than anybody else, you can create an awful lot of your own luck.

You have to sit by the side of a river a very long time before a roast duck will fly into your mouth.

All good things to those who wait.

You develop patience that enables you to wait gracefully and gratefully until the best arrives because you know it will.

Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.

I haven't really auditioned much in my career. I've been lucky in terms of the feature work; it's mostly been people that have been fans of mine that have called and said "We have this part, do you want to do it?" That kind of thing. And that's sort of still the way it is right now - I don't really go after features too much.

Every jock gets up and tells the world how lucky he is. But I feel that I may be the luckiest one of all in terms of timing and being at the right place at the right moment-even though, for the last 30 years, I was told I was born 20 years too soon, for obvious reasons.