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Quotes About Patience

You cannot face it steadily, but this thing is sure, That time is no healer: the patient is no longer here.
~ T.S. Eliot
God gives us all youth, and the takes it away again. What have you gained to offset that loss? Patience? Perhaps a little wisdom? Then be patient, and perhaps you'll also be wise. (Miriamele)
~ Tad Williams
Fight and live, fight and die, God waits for all.
~ Tad Williams
Un hombre que posee sabiduría no se sienta a esperar que el mundo aparezca ante él pedazo a pedazo para probar su existencia! Binabik
~ Tad Williams
To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity—a waste of precious time and effort.
~ Tad Williams
Do not brood too much over what went before or worry too much over what is to come. Between those two is everything that matters--all that is.
~ Tad Williams
God always hears us. But He made us, so He must know what we're capable of. That's probably God's First Rule—let nothing shock You.
~ Tad Williams
I believe that Marrakech ought to be earned as a destination. The journey is the preparation for the experience. Reaching it too fast derides it, makes it a little less easy to understand.
~ Tahir Shah
The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.
~ Tahir Shah
A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it.
~ Tahir Shah
I'd like to find whoever taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs, Neal told Kel at lunch.
~ Tamora Pierce
He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.
~ Tamora Pierce
Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.
~ Tamora Pierce
I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it. She looked back at him. I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.
~ Tamora Pierce
Lark: You shouldn't yell at her. Frostpine: Of course I should. Gods bless us all, Lark, but our Water dedicates would try the patience of a stone . — Dedicates Lark and Frostpine when the latter found out that the Water Temple had run out of warded boxes
~ Tamora Pierce
Reflect as if you have all of time, even when time is short.
~ Tamora Pierce
Face it, Gary told her kindly. You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.
~ Tamora Pierce
There are times in every rider's life when it is necessary to apologize to a horse....
~ Tamora Pierce
Few people are wise enough to know they might not be ready for such a venture. Too many rush to wed, only to discover they know little about what they're getting into
~ Tamora Pierce
Her tolerance for fools had always been slight, and she was losing the little she had.
~ Tamora Pierce
He is a horse who will burn and bloat and explode in the sun. Put him back in the oven and let him cook until he's done.
~ Tamora Pierce
Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us—to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.
~ Tamora Pierce
Beka: 'Will you keep me here forever? My hands are sticky.' Dale: 'I'll lick the honey off
~ Tamora Pierce
When I say I want time to think, I want time to think! Jonathan sighed wearily. All right, you've had time to think. What's your answer? That I need more time to think!
~ Tamora Pierce (Author)