229 private quotes tagged patience

“While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.” — Dweezil Zappa

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“To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days.” — George Tenet

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“There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.” — Chuck Tanner

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“I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.” — Ellen DeGeneres

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“There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.” — Sivananda

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“Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.” — Phillips Brooks

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“For anything worth having one must pay the price and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.” — John Burroughs

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“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.” — George Santayana

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“A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.” — Stanley Baldwin

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“The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.” — Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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“All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.” — Thomas a Kempis

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“When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.” — Helen Hayes

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“God gives me the children's ministry heart and patience. This is what He wants. It's awesome. I don't know where He's gonna take it - but God is building this thing.” — Willie Aames

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“Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.” — Thomas Hardy

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“Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.” — John Ruskin

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“I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for the joy in seeing them grow.” — David Hobson

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“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” — May Sarton

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“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.” — Michelle Obama

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“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust.” — Gertrude Jekyll

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“When I said a few weeks ago that our people would eat cooking oil and olives if necessary, I didn't mean that there really would be only oil and olives. What I meant was that our people have the necessary patience to endure the current difficult situation. Palestinians would rather do without certain food items than their national rights.” — Ismail Haniyeh

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“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.” — Charlie Chaplin

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“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.” — Candace Cameron Bure

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“Patience is the secret to good food.” — Gail Simmons

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“Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.” — Alice Walker

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“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.” — Charles Sturt

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