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Quotes About Patience

Do a thing well then leave it alone .
~ Agatha Christie
esperaba... esperaba a lo largo de las horas el éxito o el fracaso de un esfuerzo.
~ Agatha Christie
the world is full of the young – or even the middle-aged – who wait, patiently or impatiently, for the death of someone whose decease will give them if not affluence – then opportunity
~ Agatha Christie
And for five long hours the little man sat motionless, blinking his eyelids like a cat, his green eyes flickering and becoming steadily greener and greener.
~ Agatha Christie
Encore un peu, Madame.
~ Agatha Christie
In a minute, dear,' said Miss Marple. 'I'm afraid I have counted wrong. Two purl, three plain, slip one, two purl—yes, that's right. What did you say, dear?' 'What is your opinion?' 'You wouldn't like my opinion, dear. Young people never do, I notice. It is better to say nothing.
~ Agatha Christie
We do not agree, eh?" said Poirot. "Well, let us leave it. Time will show which of us is right.
~ Agatha Christie
Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals - and the process is often fraught with difficulties, There are short cuts.
~ Agatha Christie
Some day she will know how wise old men are.
~ Agatha Christie
Oh well," said Miss Marple, "it's just perseverance, isn't it, that leads to things.
~ Agatha Christie
Melchett is a wise man. He knows that when it is a question of an irate middle-aged lady, there is only one thing to be done—listen to her. When she had said all that she wants to say, there is a chance that she will listen to you.
~ Agatha Christie
She went out of the window again. Griselda turned to Miss Marple. "Why did you step on my foot?" The old lady was smiling. "I thought you were going to say something, my dear. And it is often so much better to let things develop on their own lines. I don't think, you know, that that child is half so vague as she pretends to be. She's got a very definite idea in her head and she's acting upon it.
~ Agatha Christie
Poirot said gravely: "He is not very rapid, the good Battle. He gets there slowly, but he does get there in the end, madame.
~ Agatha Christie
It´s true, isn´t it? We´re all waiting for the end.
~ Agatha Christie
If one idea in particular seems attractive, and you feel you could do something with it, then you toss it around, play tricks with it, work it up, tone it down, and gradually get it into shape. Then, of course, you have to start writing it. That's not nearly such fun–it becomes hard work. Alternatively, you can tuck it carefully away, in storage, for perhaps using in a year or two years' time.
~ Agatha Christie
La vida, como el tren, hija mía sigue adelante! ¡Y es una suerte que sea así-
~ Agatha Christie
we've got to be careful. We've got to get there slowly.
~ Agatha Christie
Well, go on, Aunt Jane; haven't you got anything to say?' 'In a minute, dear, said Miss Marple. 'I am afraid I have counted wrong. Two purl, three plain, slip one, two purl?yes, that's right. What did you say, dear?' 'What is your opinion?' 'You wouldn't like my opinion, dear. Young people never do, I notice. It is better to say nothing.
~ Agatha Christie
Of all the pitfalls in our paths and the tremendous delays and wanderings off the track I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistakes, all that seems like error is not error; and it all has to be done. That which seems like a false step is the next step.
~ Agnes Martin
We zullen de koe melken maar we zullen haar niet slachten.
~ Aharon Appelfeld
I watch and listen, helpless to help. There is no point in saying 'This, too, shall pass.' For a time, we do not even want it to pass. We hold on to grief, fearing that its lifting will be the final betrayal.
~ Ahdaf Soueif
I watch and listen, helpless to help. There is no point in saying "This, too, shall pass," For a time we do not even want it to pass. We hold on to grief, fearing that its lifting will be the final betrayal.
~ Ahdaf Soueif
a trecut atata timp de cand nu i-a mai dat ascultare inimii ascultare inimii sale, ca aceasta a amutit.
~ Ahdaf Soueif
Don't use " backspace " every moment ,, because every time you do ,, you kill a space !!
~ Ahmed Hussein