Quotes About Patience

No corras si solo tienes fuerzas para andar, y no pierdas el tiempo empujando puertas que no cederán

Is it gonna take my breath now," Mizzy asked, "or, like, sometime down the road? I'd like to be prepared.

A knife can only be sharpened so far before all you are doing is wearing it away.

I can't worry about everything at once, Elend thought with determination. I just have to trust. Trust in myself and keep going.

All right, all right. No need to get grouchy just because I insulted you.

Time, the Stormfather said. Which, though dross to him, is the most valuable thing a man can have.

A surgeon needs to be calm. Worry just wastes time. It

At least sit and listen. And stop looming like a mountain.

So if you start at the center of the peak, you can see that for every five days you spend being average, you spend one day being mildly stupid and one day mildly smart. For every five of those, you spend one day moderately stupid and one day moderately genius. For every five days like that . . 

No corras si sólo tienes fuerzas para andar

Then we shall do an evaluation. Answer truthfully an do not exaggerate, as I will soon discover your lies. Feign no false modesty, either. I haven't the patience for a simperer.

Then we shall do an evaluation. Answer truthfully and do not exaggerate, as I will soon discover your lies. Feign no false modesty, either. I haven't the patience for a simperer.

I need you to stick your head in a bucket of water and slowly count to a thousand!

Time moves like a mountain. It comes so slowly that most don't even notice its passing. It will, however, crush thise who don't move before it.

And rushlessness was the very most practical of emotions.

Idle words. From foolish people.

Belief isn't simply a thing for fair times and bright days...What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue in it after failure?...Anyone can believe in someone, or something that always succeeds...But failure...ah, now, that is hard to believe in, certainly and truly. Difficult enough to have value. Sometimes we just have to wait long enough...then we find out why exactly it was that we kept believing...There's always another secret.

My heart lays on the ground, hopeing one day you will be there to pick it up

Your mom said to say I could have just one peanut butter square but not til after they cool down.

Grace will take you places hustling can't.

The new cultural belief that everything should be fun, fast, and easy is inconsistent with hopeful thinking. It also sets us up for hopelessness. When we experience something that is difficult and requires significant time and effort, we are quick to think, This is supposed to be easy; it's not worth the effort, or, This should be easier: it's only hard and slow because I'm not good at it. Hopeful self-talk sounds more like, This is tough, but I can do it.

Grace will take you places hustling can

Resilience is often a slow unfolding of understanding.

I'd rather not be joyful than have to wait for the other shoe to drop.