Quotes About Patience

It had been hard to wait without seeing anything, because the natural mind wants to walk by sight. But God wants us to walk by faith. Faith is of the heart. Our spirit will not be trained to walk in this way of faith overnight. We will make some mistakes along the way and miss God. But as we continue to seek after Him, we can train our spirit to be led of this inner voice.

We're waiting on God, and He's waiting on us, and He won't do anything until we act.

Love is obsessed tolerance.

Nobody's a long time.

As you travel down the road to Polyamory, especially during the first few miles, do not exceed the speed limit - ever. Go slow! Speed kills.

I once asked Master B.P. Chan if the ancient qigong and martial arts masters had superior abilities to those of the present. He said, "In general, yes. But only because they were more patient." ... Most students abandon the practice and look for a new form of "entertainment". But it is precisely at this stage that the most lasting benefits are cultivated.

I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway.

The way we see it, the Creator put his lessons everywhere. Built them right into the earth before he even put people here. Our job is to learn those lessons in the place we were given, and the way to learn those lessons is to sit still and listen.

the paper on my lap. Slowly

It all comes out in the wash. It's just the spin cycle that makes you crazy

You have no idea how long a year is until you're stone sober.

I presume that it is the better part of wisdom that we bow to our fate with as good grace as possible.

A junky runs on junk time. When his junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. All he can do is hang on and wait for non-junk time to start.

It is not hard to make money in the market. What is hard to avoid is the alluring temptation to throw your money away on short, get-rich-quick speculative binges. It is an obvious lesson, but one frequently ignored.

put time on your side. Start saving early and save regularly. Live modestly and don't touch the money that's been set aside.

For many of us, trying to outguess the market is a game that is much too much fun to give up. Even if you were convinced you would not do any better than average, I'm sure that most of you with speculative temperaments would still want to keep on playing the game of selecting individual stocks with at least some portion of the money you invest.

Ode I.11 Leucon, no one's allowed to know his fate, Not you, not me: don't ask, don't hunt for answers In tea leaves or palms. Be patient with whatever comes. This could be our last winter, it could be many More, pounding the Tuscan Sea on these rocks: Do what you must, be wise, cut your vines And forget about hope. Time goes running, even As we talk. Take the present, the future's no one's affair

So time flows slow and worthless If it keeps me from understanding What I need, what I want

Look, the key for me is to keep expectations low.

The road to success is not to be run upon by seven-leagued boots. Step by step, little by little, bit by bit--that is the way to wealth, that is the way to wisdom, that is the way to glory. Pounds are the sons, not of pounds, but of pence.

If, occasionally, my mind gets the sense that the world around me is not doing what I'd like it to do, I may disappear for a day or even a week. That's something I've needed to deal with.

Nothing comes ahead of its time, and nothing ever happened that didn't need to happen.

Pero no, no viene. Supongo que es porque estoy tratando de recordar, y la clave está en no tratar, olvidarse. Olvidarse para recordar. Tendré que esperar un rato, pensando en otra cosa, y entonces sí volverá, claro y entero, acompañado de una sonrisa, o una risita secreta, disipado ese pequeño vacío y restituida la integridad de los hechos.