Quotes About Patience

We may not understand God's plan or recognize it as good, but when we praise Him for it, we release His power to work in the situation for our good.

To find the right person, you must first BE the right person.

You just never know when it might be cookie time. And, that is what the dogs have taught me.

Persistence can (sometimes) make things last but it doesn't always make things work. The muscle will harden wherever you give it exercise, but Endurance isn't always enough...Because Practice can make anything perfect ...even grief can become an art

One thing at a time,' said the Boy. 'You must be patient. This is a day of hope and wild revenge. Do not interrupt me. I am a courier from another world. I bring you golden words. Listen!' said the Boy. 'Where I come from there is no more fear. But there is a roaring and a bellowing and a cracking of bones. And sometimes there is silence when, lolling on your thrones, your slaves adore you.

You climb only because the mountain allows it. If it says wait, then you must wait, and when it allows you to go, then you must struggle and strain in the thin air with all your might. Listening to the mountain and having patience on it are the keys to survival.

You're blessed when you're at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God. Matthew 5, v.2 (The Message Version)

empty vessels make the most noise. It is true. The best adventurers and climbers, and the most successful people I know in life, are all great listeners, and they don't talk too much.

And so often the darkest hour is just before the dawn.

And so often the darkest hour is just before the dawn. You just have to hang on in there through those dark hours - don't give up, let the mountain sustain you and empower you, and you will experience the mountain within you.

The rewards go to the dogged rather than the brilliant.

As Harrison Ford once said: 'Them that stick it out are them that win.

This is just the first day; you'll get used to it. The rewards will come later, from the kids themselves–and from the unlikeliest ones.

When we surrender to the wait we allow changes to emerge within us without anticipation or struggle

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city" (RSV).

God has an overall plan for people's lives and the details get worked out along the way, even though we usually have no idea what's going on.

THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM

Proverbs 16:32, which says that mightier is the man who can control his temper than the man who can conquer a city.

Ben Carson: It's all in God's hands. Craig: But we believe you let God use your hands.

Once more, and for the fourth time, the war would most definitely not be over by Christmas.

Billy offers small hums of agreement and waits for the momma-logue to wind down.

I shook off my numbness. I opened the door and went into the other bedroom. Two little figures stood on the bed. One had a shirt over his head which Mike was trying to pull past his ears. Here, I said, you've got to unbutton another button. Then you'd have to take the whole thing off, he protested. There are time when it pays to start all over again, and this is one of them.

Macarius said also, 'If you are stirred to anger when you want to reprove someone, you are gratifying your own passions. Do not lose yourself in order to save another.

The best way to measure your investing success is not by whether you're beating the market but by whether you've put in place a financial plan and a behavioral discipline that are likely to get you where you want to go. In the end, what matters isn't crossing the finish line before anybody else but just making sure that you do cross it.8