Quotes About Patience

there was many a slip twixt cup and lip.

And he began to claim his reward in thorough and leisurely fashion.

And you, Elizabeth? he had asked. Do you love me? Will you wait for me? Yes, she had answered with all the ardor of extreme youth. I love you, Robert, and I shall wait forever if I must.

He had taken Elizabeth into his arms and held her very close to him. I love you, he had said against her hair, and I shall come for you just as soon as I may.

En ocasiones necesitamos tiempo para adquirir sabiduría y reparar los errores del pasado

one must not give in to defeat after just one try, or even, perhaps, after twenty.

It was a seductive idea that he might not come until tomorrow after all, but on the whole she hoped he would come today so that this waiting, this suspense, might be at an end.

Marriage is work." She frowned. "Yeah, but what exactly does that mean?" Car doors closing had Jo glancing out the window in time to see Brody get out of his Bronco. He moved with steady, determined strides to Jim and shook his hand. "Sometimes I think it means staying and accepting the other person when all you want to do is run. Giving the storm time to pass, knowing smooth waters are ahead.

Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it.

What shall I say? I'll be calm. What was that my father always said? Meet life gently and gently will it use you. I'll be gentle. That's how I'll be--gentle. But oh, how can I get gentle in a hurry?

And....and well, I can't be kissing a man. that's a good way to get tangled up...in forever

He was aware of his agnosticism, and patient with it. Rather than deny the existence of something he couldn't perceive himself, he acknowledged the authenticity of his uncertainty and carried on, praying in the face of his doubt.

One had to be patient to thrive in Rome, where time is measured not in centuries but in millennia

The strain of a long illness will exhaust the most compassionate.

Three Catholic priests are having dinner: a Franciscan, a Dominican, and a Jesuit. Suddenly the lights go out. The Franciscan says, "Let us welcome Sister Darkness and wait patiently for Brother Sunlight to return." The Dominican says, "God gives us the darkness of ignorance so that we might, by contrast, discern the light of truth." The Jesuit finds a flashlight and goes downstairs to flip the breaker.

Writing's a long, slow process. It affords me so little pleasure I often wonder why I make the effort.

Don't let anyone drive you crazy. It's right nearby anyway, and the walk will do you good.

If it's meant to be, it will happen naturally.

We seem to have lost the gift of patience, of waiting for time to unfold its story.

Finally, put it aside. Put it out of your head at least a week. You want it to set up like jello. And when you pick it back up, ask yourself, What haven't I said? How might someone else involved have seen it differently?

Faith is not a feeling, she says. It's a set of actions. By taking the actions, you demonstrate more faith than somebody who actually has experienced the rewards of prayer and so feels hope. Fake it till you make it.

Why is it that everybody else is traffic?

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

She looked around the room and motioned for the waitress to bring her check. Eb waited while she settled her tab.