Quotes About Patience

divine love in all its varied expressions:m joy that overflows,n peace that subdues, patienceo that endures, kindnessp in action, a life full of virtue,q faith that prevails, gentleness of heart, and strength of spirit.

16If you shrug off an insult and refuse to take offense, you demonstrate discretion indeed.i But the fool has a short fuse and will immediately let you know when he's offended.

Love is not easily irritatedh or quick to take offense.i 6Love joyfully celebrates honestyj and finds no delight in what is wrong.k 7Love is a safe place of shelter,l for it never stops believing the best for others.m Love never takes failure as defeat, for it never gives up.

The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term, is the indispensable prerequisite for success.

It is a condition of wisdom in the archer to be patient because when the arrow leaves the bow, it returns no more. —SA'DI

It may be time for America to learn the forgotten rewards of sitting down and shutting up.

Se q hay un motivo para todo. Tal vez en el momento en q se produce un hecho no contamos con la penetración psicológica ni la previsión necesarias para comprender las razones, pero con el tiempo y paciencia saldrán a la luz

Monica Swinton, twenty-nine, of graceful shape and lambent eye, went and sat in her living room, arranging her limbs with taste. She began by sitting and thinking; soon she was just sitting. Time waited on her shoulder with the maniac slowth it reserves for children, the insane, and wives whose husbands are away improving the world.

It takes less time for them to conquer the world than it takes for me to brush my teeth. That's pretty disappointing." Jesse from ALIEN INVASION & OTHER INCONVENIENCES.

When life doesn't meet your expectations, it was important to take it with grace.

The best remedy for anger is delay.

During the nearly two years of separation from her husband and the society of the Viennese court, the Empress had changed. She had become very self-confident and brisk and had learned to assert her interests vigorously. The Emperor living in constant fear that at the first sign of discord she might run off again and do further damage to the prestige of the August House, treated her circumspectly, showing infinite patience.

Love Conquers Time.

You can wait only so long for a blackened window to be illuminated.

I realize that I keep saying that I did not find this out and that out until later. But eventually I did, and eventually, I promise, I will tell you all about it. As John Calvin himself says, "Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.

I ended up learning so many things from my aunt. And one of those things was to always wait three seconds before responding to anything that might be important. This was why she so often adjusted her glasses. To buy her those three seconds. So that she'd make sure to take the time to decide whether the first thing she'd wanted to say was the right thing.

Steady," Peter said, not losing a step. "Have to keep steady or all is lost.

Jesus said the standard was seventy times seven. I read somewhere that Dietrich Bonhoeffer explained it this way: "As long as you are counting, you haven't forgiven once." In

And yet,' she said gently, 'God hasn't come to a standstill.' Suddenly she laughed. 'I think you're like one of your own lumps of clay, Andy. God has a plan for you, and He's trying to get you into the centre of it, and you keep dodging and slithering away.' She turned her dark eyes on mine. 'How do you know? Maybe He wants to make you into something wonderful!

That's the excitement in obedience," he said. "Finding out later what God had in mind." ———

Technology, Andrew says, makes us far too accessible to the demands and pressures of the moment. 'Our first priority should be listening in patience and silence for the voice of God.

Uncle Hoppy only laughed. "Just you wait," he said. "Before we get home we will meet the man who was supposed to be in that chair. And when we do, his heart will be prepared. Time and place are our own limitations, Andy; we mustn't impose them upon God." And

That's the excitement in obedience, finding out later what God had in mind.

Why are we worried!" Rolf said suddenly. "This is God's work. He'll make a way for us.