“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.”
Quotes about patience
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“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”
“Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.”
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”
“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
“No, I will be the pattern of all patience I will say nothing.”
“We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.”
“To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.”
“One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.”
“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.”
“It's amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I've received and the love I get from them is just amazing.”
“Beware of him that is slow to anger for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.”
“I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.”
“Patience is the art of hoping.”
“Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.”
“I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.”
“Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.”
“Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving.”
“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
“I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.”
“Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.”
“When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?”
“Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.”
“And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.”