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Quotes About Patience

moved. I told her we could do it tomorrow, but she said not on the Sabbath. Anyway,
~ Josephine Cox
When something baffled him he found that if he kept on worrying it, he got no further, and lost his sense of proportion in the process. So when he came to a dead stop he indulged in what he called "shutting his eyes" for a little, and when he "opened" them again he habitually found a new light on things that revealed unexpected angles and made the old problem a totally new proposition. There
~ Josephine Tey
La verdad es la hija del tiempo.
~ Josephine Tey
If there is anything that is likely to put me to sleep," he said, "it would be an English history book. So you can hold hands with a clear conscience." "I'm going with Nurse Burrows." "You can still hold hands." "I've no patience with you," she said patiently and faded backwards into the gloom.
~ Josephine Tey
There is a limit to one's capacity for rows, you know. There comes a time when you're only too ready to sacrifice something for a quiet life.
~ Josephine Tey
but you have been in my hair for the last fourteen days, and I shall be very glad to get you out.
~ Josephine Tey
The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.
~ Josh Billings
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly
~ Josh Billings
The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way.
~ Josh Billings
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there
~ Josh Billings
It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.
~ Josh Billings
The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.
~ Josh Billings
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
~ Josh Billings
Don't take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail then you can let go when you want to.
~ Josh Billings
Hope is the most exciting thing in life and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn't come straight away there is still that chance all through your life that it will.
~ Josh Hartnett
sometimes the show can't go on
~ Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Everything comes to you at the right time
~ Josh King Madrid
Love... doesn't happen every day. It doesn't happen at all for some people
~ Josh Lanyon
Just shut up and listen." "Well since you ask so nicely…." There was silence. I listened. He didn't say anything. "Are we communicating through the Psychic Hotline or what?
~ Josh Lanyon
Time heals … if you let it. Big if.
~ Josh Lanyon
We sat in silence for minutes more before Guy said abruptly, "We're wasting our time. Did you want to grab dinner?" He started the Miata's engine. Stakeout Rule #1. Bring your own car or rent your own car. Do not rely on other people and their dwindling patience for your ride.
~ Josh Lanyon
Not only do we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life. Too many of us live without fully engaging our minds, waiting for that moment when our real lives begin.
~ Josh Waitzkin
So if you think that when you are better, it means that you can smash ahead and mate the guy, you are wrong, that is not what better means. What better means is that your position has the potential, if played correctly, to turn out well. So do not think that when you are better and when you are attacking that you can just force mate. That is not what it is about. Often the way to play best, the way to play within the position, is to maintain it.
~ Josh Waitzkin
In chess you might find a good move. Then you might find a better move. But take your time. Find the best move.
~ Josh Waitzkin