Quotes About Patience

Sometimes God gives you things not because you like them, but because you need them

Thank you for loving me, Kent, because if I was married to him, I would have killed him so many years ago, I'd be paroled by now.

Love is also patient," he added quietly. "Love is kind. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never ends.

Paula shrugged, "Haven't found the right person yet. Having to share me with God scared off a lot of men.

The true test of walking in the Spirit will not be the way we act but the way we react to the daily frustrations of life.

For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Havin' to wait gives us time to learn that He's always standing with us, teaching constant love and patience, until we finally come to the point of prayin', 'Thy will be done,'" Frannie pointed out.

Only the dear Lord knows what may befall us, just around the bend.

God works in mysterious ways at times, so we will trust Him for the outcome. And always remember, His mercy holds us up when we reach the end of our own strength.

God holds my tomorrows, she thought. I will be content with whatever comes my way.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going," he'd emphasized, quoting one of his favorite Beverly Sills lines.

Good things do come out of deep sorrow and great loss...at least in time.

God's will doesn't just drop into our laps when we're sittin' still. Nee, He guides us when we're walking in His steps, moving forward. That way, He can stop us or nudge us onward.

I've learned that sometimes I have to give up my right to know and simply believe that God's knowing is enough.

Patience is yet another virtue, one that grows stronger through the practice of waiting

Patience plays an enormous part in perseverance as we wait and trust for what is to come—what God has in store for those who worship Him.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

We are willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.

The long term approach is rare enough that it means you're not competing against very many companies. 'Cause most companies wanna see a return on investment in, you know, one, two, three years.

In India, it takes a classic apprentice five years to learn how to sit at the sitar before he's allowed to play a note. It's not just the reaction that says How dare you know? It's something deeper: How dare you presume to say you know?

Be patient, if thou wouldst thy ends accomplish; for like patience is there no appliance effective of success, producing certainly abundant fruit of actions, never damped by failure, conquering all impediments.

Success is like a lovely woman, wooed by many men, but folded in the arms of him alone who, free from over-zeal, firmly persists and calmly perseveres.

With fools forbear to argue--better strive to wake the dead.