Quotes About Patience

stand die Mutter noch immer vor dem Leben wie ein Kind vor den Terrarien im Zoo, an denen kleine Messingschilder mit lateinischen Namen auf Tiere hinwiesen, die man, Augen und Nase dicht am Glas, niemals zu sehen bekam. [...] Die Mutter schaute und wartete, fest überzeugt, dass sich früher oder später etwas regen würde. Ada hingegen hatte sich beim Anblick der verlassenen Behälter sofort abgewandt, die Achseln gezuckt und wusste seitdem nur zu berichten, dass Leere regiere.

Wenn der Weg weit ist, lässt man sich am besten von Anfang an Zeit.

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.

Pray to catch the bus, then run as fast as you can.

But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?" Yes . . . the same age you will be if you don't.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.

nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.

One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed.

Rage cools fast without an accessible target.

la frase de Julio César en los Comentarios sobre la guerra de las Galias: «Cuando lleguemos a ese río ya hablaremos de ese puente». De manera que ya me preocuparía más adelante de mí mismo y de mi futuro.

Cuando lleguemos a ese río ya hablaremos de ese puente».

En realidad la gente está muy necesitada de hacerse oír, y si uno tiene la paciencia y la humildad de escuchar sin interrumpir puede enterarse de las cosas más insólitas.

Joven, no se impaciente, la vida de las personas tiene sentido si se explica en su contexto, de lo contrario es difícil que usted entienda nada.

Cuánto tiempo tendrá que pasar para que nos perdonemos los unos a los otros?

Changes can only come gradually and slowly.... (In a letter from Empress Frederick to the future Queen Sophie of Greece)

It's the curse of motherhood. You're required to love us even when we vex you.

It has oft been said that physicians make the worst patients, but it is the opinion of This Author that any man makes a terrible patient. One might say it takes patience to be a patient, and heaven knows, the males of our species lack an abundance of patience.

Don't settle. Know what you want and reach for it. And if you don't know what you want, be patient. The answers will come to you in time, and you may find that your heart s desire has been right under your nose all the while.

Something she knew she did not have the right to ask him about. But she wished—oh, how she wished—that when he was ready to face his fears, she could be the one to help him.

Elizabeth, you resemble nothing so much as a hen trying to hatch a book.

You don't have to kiss a lot of frogs to recognize a prince when you find one." -Henrietta Barrett, (Minx, Splendid Trilogy book #3)

If he was planning to attack and ravish, he gave no indication of being in a hurry to do so.

Standing still is always more tiring than walking