Quotes About Patience

When it is all over, when the socks are done, a knitter will have invested an average of twenty thousand stitches in the name of love and warm feet, knowing full well that the socks will wear out.

Consider telling those you teach that no matter how it feels to the new knitter, a dropped stitch has never actually caused stroke, heart failure, or a world war.

have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

You don't knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit.

A half finished shawl left on the coffee table isn't a mess; it's an object of art.

It's only knitting and it's one of the few times in your life when there are no bad consequences to a mistake.

I will resist the urge to underestimate the complexity of knitting.

Editing fiction is like using your fingers to untangle the hair of someone you love.

those of us who've seen miracles know how to ask. if you asked, do you love me, i almost certainly don't love you.

they get frustrated more easily, and they just don't seem to learn from their mistakes.

Human history is in truth nothing but the history of the slow, uncertain, and surprising fulfillment of the Promise.

Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time.

Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.

Things that look impossible suddenly seem a lot better, once you get God on board.

Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.

The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it.

Speak not at all, in any wise, till you have somewhat to speak; care not for the reward of your speaking, but simply and with undivided mind for the truth of your speaking.

Not all meanings are meant to be clear at once. Some ideas take time. Some words are designed to lead us on inner journeys, with truth hidden deep inside them.

The only thing better than "hands-on" experience is hands-off experience - enough experience to understand that some things will turn out better if left alone.

Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.

Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.

Sometimes - this is a tough one - not everyone can handle the truth. Sometimes you have to take a beat. But if you can take that beat, and take the high road, it'll serve you in the long run.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.