Quotes About Patience

Instead of always holdin' on and thinkin' you know best, you gotta let Him take control. God knows what's good for you, Jarena, but you keep tryin' to make your own plans without Him.

God don't always answer our prayers the way we want, Jarena. Ain't nothing in the Bible what promises He's gonna give us whatever we pray for, but that's where trust comes in—you gotta trust God knows better than you.

God can use all of us no matter where we live, no matter if'n we're young or old, and even if we think we ain't got any special gifts. Pray and ask what you can do for Him, and He'll show you. Maybe not right away, but one day you'll find your answer. I know I did.

believe. Besides, the weather could

Intuition intelligently informs patience. It'll convey when to have it and if something is worth working on or waiting for.

Despite fiery disagreements about who or what God is and how to make contact, all these religions agree that patience is the essence of spirituality and thus grants great strength. Judaism says, "A patient man is better than a warrior." In Buddhism, bodhisattvas train in this practice to become enlightened. Christianity and Islam deem it a sacred virtue. Patience endows you with faith in yourself and your destiny, an illuminated capacity to deal with frustration and disappointments.

To paraphrase a Rolling Stones song, you can't always get what you want, but you get what you need.

It's a gift to let other people be themselves. Let them face their own difficulties.

one day you will see how, when we place our lives in God's hands, each bump, each seemingly wrong turn, even each climb to the heights, is used by God to weave a beautiful pattern. We can't always discern the shape of the pattern when we are in the midst of it, but it is still there and it wil be beautiful. That is a promise he makes to believers.

Delight in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.

our lives are like a big chunk of marble, and the sculpting process is long and tedious. Each little chip doesn't amount to much, but, chip by chip, it will eventually turn into a beautiful work of art. The saddest thing would be for the sculptor to tire of the

don't start dieting until you're psychologically ready, which might not be until two weeks from today.

Some days are like that. Even in Australia.

with the last patient of the day, I called

I don't have a story," I said. "I'm still waiting for one.

The secret was to let the monster bearing down on you know that you had a path and you were sticking to it. The secret was to take your time.

I don't have much patience for people who enjoy limitless liberty while decrying those who get their hands dirty to make sure it exists for them.

Patience is simply the mindset of saying "no thanks" to anxiety. – Unknown

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.

L'amore è come una clessidra: man mano che il cuore si riempie, il cervello si svuota.

Warten ist Gegenwart. Das generelle Verhältnis des Menschen zur Zeit. Warten zeichnet Gottes Umrisse an die Wand. Warten ist jenes Durchgangsstadium, das wir als unsere Existenz bezeichnen!

Wenn von zwei ausschließlichen Varianten eine die Katastrophe, die andere das Warten auf die Katastrophe bereithält, so räumt das Abwarten doch wenigstens dem Zufall eine winzige Chance ein.

Es wäre unsinnig, das Leben mit Warten auf die zweite Instanz zu verbringen.