Quotes About Patience

Not only we have to be good at waiting, we have to love it. Because waiting is not waiting, it is life.

Of course there were plateaus, periods when my results leveled off while I internalized the information necessary for my next growth spurt

Of course there were plateaus, periods when my results leveled off while I internalized the information necessary for my next growth spurt, but I didn't mind.

You go to bed, too, and don't fret, hear me? Things feel hard now, but it will pass. Everything passes, and something new comes along to fill the space.

You picked a man who can read tax code and date a celibate for two years. That's some serious patience. I have zero doubt in my ability to wait you out. I have zero doubt that you're meant to be my girl.

Things feel hard now, but it will pass. Everything passes, and something new comes along to fill the space.

All Things Unfold As They Should

The computer finally booted but could not find its modem, the modem could not find a signal and the helpscreen automatically loaded. Diagnostic scan in progress. Rotating hourglass, grains in the queue. Quit everything, restart. Quit everything, shut down, unplug, burn the house, build another house, replug, restart.

As the Chinese sage of early antiquity Sun Tzu said, "The side that knows when to fight and when not will take the victory. There are roadways not to be traveled, armies not to be attacked, walled cities not to be assaulted.

Looking up from the blank page to the blinking clock, he discovered it was only three-fifteen. He decided that today was perhaps the longest day of his life. Not only had he been called an idiot to his face, but he could do nothing to counter that opinion, because

Give people a break. It's not easy doing a life.

When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.

True love isn't just expressed in passionately whispered words or an intimate kiss or an embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.

Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now.

True love waits, but not just for sex. It waits for the right time to commit to God's brand of love—unwavering, unflagging, and totally committed.

Instead of rushing foolishly into a marriage because of impatience or one day looking back at our season of singleness with regret, let's commit to using our singleness to its fullest potential. Singleness is a gift. Let's rejoice in it and enjoy its opportunities today. Let's practice trusting God by pursuing His kingdom and His righteousness with all our hearts and by leaving the planning to Him.

The irony of their impatience is that only by learning to wait, and by a willingness to accept the bad with the good, do we usually attain those things that are truly worthwhile.

The Right thing at the Wrong time is the Wrong thing.

Patience is important not only in waiting for the right time to start a relationship, but also in allowing it to unfold at a healthy pace. Impatience rushes everything. It urges us to skip the time and attention a healthy friendship requires and to jump straight into emotional and physical intimacy.

Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now. We have to remember that the right thing at the wrong time is a wrong thing.

When God knows you're ready for the responsibility of commitment, He'll reveal the right person under the right circumstances.

The right thing at the wrong tme is the wrong thing.

True love isn't expressed in passionately whispered words an intimate kiss or a embrace; before two people are married, love is expressed in self-control, patience, even words left unsaid.

The right thing at a wrong time is a wrong thing.