Quotes About Patience

She pulled a pillow over her head and waited to die. When an hour passed and she still wasn't dead, she got up and pruned the rosebushes.

Qacha just nodded. She's a good one, that Qacha. She seems to know when to keep talking and when to let the words drizzle into silence.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Patience comes to those who wait.

good works gathered in a thousand ages, such as deeds of generosity, or offerings to the blissful ones, a single flash of anger shatters them.

Waiting was sometimes the most proactive thing a person could do.

Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.

Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.

Don't be in too much of a rush to be published. There is enormous value in listening and reading and writing—and then putting your words away for weeks or months–and then returning to your work to polish it some more.

It looks bleak right now, but that is what faith is about.

I think I'm seeing light at the end of the tunnel, and it's not a train.

Thankfully, God was faithful. Along with her loving and patient family, the Lord had comforted her, loved her, and brought her out of the depths of her despair.

The Bible says all things work together for good for those that love the Lord. Not that he sends bad things our way. But if we ask him for help in times of trouble, I firmly believe he gives it. I'm hoping he's going to use what happened today to knock some sense into that thick skull of yours.

Perhaps the One knows that if I travel without anything else to rely on, I'll learn to rely more deeply on Him. (Susan Mitchell in THE DELIVERER)

To not know is then part of the gift you offer Him. It is where your obedience is tested.

Difficult times are pregnant with glory moments just waiting to be birthed in the lives of those willing to labor through the pain.

We live in the in-between space—between when all that was right went wrong, and when all that is wrong will be made right again.

You're not flaming Bob the Builder, Poppy. There are some things is you can't fix.

For every wound, the ointment of time.

Never quit, we are always 3 feet from Gold.

Mom "I can' read and the school might be open in three weaks

Mama once told Gary to put his anger in a pot and let it simmer.