“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”
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patience
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“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”
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“Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.”
“You need not even listen, simply wait, just learn to become quiet, and still, and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked.”
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
“If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.”
“Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.”
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
“Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.”
“Endurance is patience concentrated.”
“Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.”
“Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.”
“All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.”
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
“A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn.”
“Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.”
“Genius is eternal patience.”
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.”
“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”
“The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.”
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.”
“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.”
“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
“Abused patience turns to fury.”