Quotes About Patience

I've missed a lot of trains in my life, and another one always comes.

I take a lot of trains, so I love reading on the train. I get really annoyed when there are no delays, because I just want to keep reading and finish my book.

Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success.

If you list the qualities that we consider feminine, they are patience, understanding, empathy, supportiveness, a desire to nurture. Our culture tells us those are feminine traits, but they're really just human.

You can't trample infidels when you're a tortoise. I mean, all you could do is give them a meaningful look.

Today, whenever I'm under pressure to make a decision on a transaction but I don't know what the right one is, I try desperately to postpone it. I'll insist on more information - on doing extra laps around the intellectual parking lot - before committing. I take the same approach with people, too.

I don't really like going out for dinner. It's way better to not have to wait for food... It's quite boring. I don't cook anything, though; I just transfer it from the fridge into bowls. I'm more of a transferer than a cook.

I'm a Watford player until I'm told otherwise. I'm not one who's going to be putting in transfer requests, or bashing the door down.

The best thing - I say it all the time - what happened at Oklahoma was sitting for a year after I transferred. To sit there and be able to focus on the physical parts of my body. You know, develop, and then the mental side of the game, learning.

Trying to change before you're ready isn't likely to be productive. For example, most New Year's resolutions don't last because people spring into action without being prepared for the work it's going to take. Forcing change based on a date on the calendar, rather than a true readiness to transform, can be a setup for failure.

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.

Some people's healing and transformation may take years, and that does not mean that they're not in deep pursuit, you know?

What is hard to remember when you're in the middle of it is that when you get through to the other side, you always walk away with a gift. If you can stand in there and not walk away from it, you get transformed by it.

I've seen cashiers, servers, transit operators, bank tellers and customs officers speak much too quickly on purpose as if it pained them to have to spend another second of their lives conversing with my parents.

There are still many things to work on - the start, the transition, the finish. I am not just going to sit around and wait.

When I was going through transition, I didn't push it on everyone.

There was one day where I just stopped eating meat, but then the transition to get rid of the dairy and eggs took 12 years.

For every LeBron James that jumps onto the scene, or every Derrick Rose that does really well in year one, you have a lot of others that take time to transition. Those guys are just brilliant in their own way, but a lot of other guys need a little help along the way.

We have to understand that India is a complex country. Everything takes time for the real impact to get translated to the economy.

One must learn a different... sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones.

I plan, you plan, we plan, they plan, but Allah is the best of planners

You never know,' she (Souljah) said, 'that's why you gotta watch for a long time before you jump into bed with someone. It's not what they say that gives them away, it's what they do and how they do it. I watch closely. Most things are not what they seem to be in this life. Most people are not what they seem to be in this life. Most people find it extremely hard to tell the truth about themselves. Living has taught me that.

When she walks away for even a short time, I can't wait for her return. If she were never to return, nothing else would matter.

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