Patience Quotes - page 3

All human power is a compound of time and patience. (Honoré de Balzac)
Every misfortune is to be subdued by patience. View quote
Virgil
Preach the word, be urgent in season and out of season, convince, rebuke, and exhort, be unfailing in patience and in teaching. View quote
Paul
Time is the enemy whose patience can't be exhausted. View quote
Glen Cook
Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. View quote
James J. Corbett
Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time. View quote
Jon Kabat-Zinn
When things begin accelerating wildly out of control, sometimes patience is the only answer. Press pause. View quote
Douglas Rushkoff
He wasn't that good looking, he had the social skills of a wet cat and the patience of a caffeinated hummingbird. View quote
Karen Chance
The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don't offer up anything. Don't explain. Answer the question and only the question that is asked so you don't accidentally put your head in a noose. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. View quote
Barbara Johnson
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)
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope. View quote
Corazon Aquino
With love and patience, nothing is impossible. View quote
Daisaku Ikeda
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. View quote
Chuck Tanner
Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country? View quote
Andrew Greeley
Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice. View quote
George Jackson
Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience. View quote
Lexa Doig
As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end. View quote
Paul Kane
Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity. View quote
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. View quote
Thomas Perry
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)
Why, of all places in Johannesburg, the Indian location should be chosen for dumping down all kaffirs of the town, passes my comprehension. Of course, under my suggestion, the Town Council must withdraw the Kaffirs from the Location. About this mixing of the Kaffirs with the Indians I must confess I feel most strongly. I think it is very unfair to the Indian population, and it is an undue tax on even the proverbial patience of my countrymen. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting. View quote
Robert Falcon Scott
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. View quote
Julius Caesar
For all his understanding of worldly concerns, when it came to fathoming the deeper meaning of his own furious activity, Sir Bob displayed the sort of laziness for which he himself had no patience in others. He appeared to have only a passing interest in the overall purpose of his financial accumulation. View quote
Alain de Botton