Quotes About Patience

The only way to stay sane is to stop hoping for something better.

if I believed in God I would offer up a quick little prayer, and say, God, you have fucked with me enough, and I'm giving you this chance right here to begin making amends, but I don't so I can't, and all there is to do is sit nervously and wait for the moment to end.

You're terrified of being alone. Anything you do now will be motivated by that fear. You have to stop worrying about finding love again. It will come when it comes. Get comfortable with being alone. It will empower you.

I was always an observer, even as a child. I could be satisfied to sit in a car for 3 hours and just look at the street go by while my mother went shopping.

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

True wisdom is found in trusting God when you can't figure things out.

Joni discovered the best way to put the halter on her horse without being animal resisting and fleeing was to turn her back until he nuzzled up to her. At that point, she could slip the halter on. Just so, she surmises, sometimes God waits for us to turn our backs on what we desire most and to trust Him.

The successful among us delay gratification. The successful among us bargain with the future.

The fact that a symphony ends does not mean it was not worth listening to.

He who has a sword, and knows how to use it, but keeps it sheathed shall inherit the earth.

If you can bite, you generally don't have to.

You no longer have to be envious, because you no longer know that someone else truly has it better. You no longer have to be frustrated, because you have learned to aim low, and to be patient. You are discovering who you are, and what you want, and what you are willing to do. You are finding that the solutions to your particular problems have to be tailored to you, personally and precisely. You are less concerned with the actions of other people, because you have plenty to do yourself.

The successful among us delay gratification and bargain with the future.

No te enfrentes al caos para transformarlo en orden, sino que limítate a esperar, sin ningún asomo de ingenuidad o inocencia, a que el caos se desborde y te arrastre.

se puede conseguir algo mejor en el futuro renunciando a algo valioso en el presente.

And a man should look after a woman and children—although that is not all he should do. But a woman should not look after a man, because she must look after children, and a man should not be a child. This means that he must not be dependent. This is one of the reasons that men have little patience for dependent men. And let us not forget: wicked women may produce dependent sons, may support and even marry dependent men,

The people from whom you want thanks might not be very proficient in offering it, to begin with, but that shouldn't stop you.

You no longer have to be frustrated, because you have learned to aim low, and to be patient.

Excuse the cliché, but it is necessary to walk before you can run. You may even have to crawl before you can walk. This is part of accepting your position as a beginner, at the bottom of the hierarchy you so casually, arrogantly, and self-servingly despise.

You can be pretty smart if you can just shut up.

After a few days of this degeneration, I decided to take the spoon back. I prepared for war. I set aside sufficient time. A patient adult can defeat a two-year-old, hard as that is to believe. As the saying goes: "Old age and treachery can always overcome youth and skill.

I nod. You can be pretty smart if you can just shut up.

We'll need you to unlock your desk, sir." "Sorry," Dreyfuss said. "Not until I've read this form." "You haven't…looked at it." "And I'm a very slow reader. Sometimes I wonder if I'm dyslexic.

you never miss the plane, you're spending too much time in airports.