Quotes About Steadfastness

The man of regular life and rational mind never despairs.

I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man.

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It was always my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight!

From my mother, a rock, / I have learned that rocks give / most of all.

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.

In adversity, remember to keep an even mind.

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got the second, which comes with a sort of mastery.

Nature is slow, but sure; she works no faster than need be; she is the tortoise that wins the race by her perseverance.

There is nothing like a fixed, steady aim, with an honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your success.

Mountain is mountain.

A bear does not change its nature because it shed its fur.

I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience.

Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Without patience, you will never conquer endurance.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

However often the thread may be torn out of your hands, you must develop enough patience to wind it up again and again.

You must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Patience is the healthiest ingredient of our life.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.

Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith.

Great patience is called for on the hard path that I have entered on.