Quotes About Patience

A person can go along quite awhile if they get a good day every once and again.

Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth.

The man who never tells an unpalatable truth 'at the wrong time' (the right time has yet to be discovered) is the man whose success in life is fairly well assured.

[W]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical, namely, that he who is hasty falls back in the interests of God.

To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many!

To tell the truth, fishermen remain always boys as far as their amusement goes.

Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth.

It is a dreadful truth that the state of having to depend solely on God is what we all dread most.... It is good of Him to force us; but dear me, how hard to feel that it is good at the time.

Let it be. Silly song, really. You let it be, it returns. There's the truth. You let it be, it drags you to the ground. You let it be, it crawls up your walls.

The truth of the matter is that all we have to do is live long enough and we will suffer.

The truth is out there somewhere, but the dog needs to be walked.

In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.

The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.

Always ask for the truth. Just make sure the time is right.

Truth was always but the daughter of time.

Time is the herald of truth.

The truth invariably arrives several years after you need it.

I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.

To tell you the truth, I think it's about that we shouldn't get our driver's licenses till real late in life.

Generally speaking, we can and should say everything. We just have to choose the right time, otherwise the truth can be worse than a lie.

Don't you know yet that men are full of words that mean nothing? The silence of a woman is a thousand times weightier. You must learn to trust silence. To load it with truth, and to wait.

It is better the truth should come little by little. I have learned that, being a priest. Perhaps, in the old days, they ate knowledge too fast.

Whatever truth you contribute to the world will be one lucky shot in a thousand misses. You cannot be right by holding your breath and taking precautions.

Have faith in 'What Is'. You will get your due, good or not so good, to your liking or not, but in time, as it is meant to be.