Quotes About Patience

'Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.

It took me 13 years to win a Super Bowl. But it only took me one season to win a 'mirror ball.'

I know my first years sitting on the bench, largely behind Rickey Green, was a great learning tool for me.

I have always been a puncher, but I tried to use my other tools and take my time, because in boxing, you need longevity. I can have a dust-up and knock anyone out in the first round, but you need more than that.

I've learned that it's not a straight road to the top, and there are going to be setbacks along the way. You have to be patient, and you have to keep believing in what you're doing. And keep believing in yourself, no matter what is happening. And then eventually you'll get there.

My friends wonder how I have the patience to engage with people on Twitter about topics such as diversity and why black British history should be taught in schools: surely it's exhausting? And they're right.

My knee was torn up. I tore every ligament in my knee. It was a very, very bad injury. I had to do what the doctors told me to do, and I did that. The next year, I came back and led the league in rushing.

We called him Tortoise because he taught us.

The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.

Marriage is an exercise in torture.

Chess is mental torture.

I'm not afraid of hard work. I like it! It's the other bit - the not working - I find more problematic. If I'm not busy, I just get antsy. I've been this way since I was a child. Sitting still is like torture for me.

If you start dancing too young, it can be torture. The bone is too soft, and it is going everywhere.

You may have heard of the Slow Movement, which challenges the canard that faster is always better. You don't have to ditch your career, toss the iPhone, or join a commune to take part. Living 'Slow' just means doing everything at the right speed - quickly, slowly, or at whatever pace delivers the best results.

In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later!

Computers are really patient. They can sit there all day. It's a totally different situation dealing with humans. They can be tired or overly excited.

For a moment, imagine the person you hope to marry. What do they look like? Are they funny, intelligent, kind? How do you hope they are living their life right now? Would it bother you if you knew they were hooking up each weekend or had five, ten, or fifteen different partners over the past several years? Or would it make you smile if you knew they were holding out for you? Why not live your life as you would want them to live theirs? Wait for the relationship.

Remember, very few of us wind up marrying the people we date in high school. So even though you may be convinced your current boyfriend or girlfriend is the one, they most likely aren't.

Never interrupt someone who is making a mistake.

But sometimes, no matter how hard you try, things just don't work out," Jules said. "You're not always in control of everything, no matter how much you want to be.

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance," wrote John D. Rockefeller.

Long ago, in conversation with one of the Shonto, Hakata observed that most people preferred an ill considered answer to an intelligent question. I have come to Seh to seek truths, and in this endeavor I am prepared to ask difficult questions and then to live without immediate answers if that is what is required.