They also serve who only stand and wait

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1. The last line of the poem “On His Blindness,” by John Milton. The poet reflects that he has a place in God's world despite his disability.

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They also serve who only stand and wait

As John Milton, that other blind survivor, once noted: Though "Thousands at his bidding speed / And post o'er Land and Ocean without rest: / They also serve who only stand and wait."

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2016

They also serve who only stand and wait, said Aunt Lydia.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

Thousands, at his bidding, speed And post o'er land and ocean, without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.'

From The Hundred Best English Poems by Gowans, Adam L. (Adam Luke)

They also serve who only stand and wait for the two fifteen.

From All Things Considered by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

He turned to Sally, and to comfort her for the anti-climax of the contrast added grandiloquently: "They also serve who only stand and wait."

From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)