229 private quotes tagged patience

“I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.” — Gertrude Stein

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“It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.” — Khaleda Zia

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“I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.” — Jerry Garcia

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“Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.” — Margaret J. Wheatley

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“Find patience in the breath of life.” — Ryunosuke Satoro

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“The greatest power is often simple patience.” — E. Joseph Cossman

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“How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?” — Paul Sweeney

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“Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.” — Ralph Fiennes

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“The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.” — John Major

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“I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.” — David Duchovny

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“Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.” — Eknath Easwaran

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“There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.” — Cesar Chavez

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“I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.” — Robert Falcon Scott

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“I'm terrible with patience.” — Katherine Heigl

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“If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.” — Debra Winger

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“A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?” — Aaron Spelling

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“Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.” — James J. Corbett

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“There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.” — Larry Hagman

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“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.” — Bryan Cranston

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“My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.” — Vanessa Paradis

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“It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form.” — Hart Crane

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“So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out.” — Martin Yan

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“I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.” — Bob Woodward

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“Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.” — Tony Kushner

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“Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.” — Damian Lewis

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