Quotes About Patience

Si quieres ver un milagro, tendrás que alinear tu corazón con el de Él. Después de todo, Dios no es una máquina expendedora. No podemos insertar nuestras oraciones, presionar un botón y recibir el milagro.

He certainly didn't need Abram and Sarai to help Him give them a child. After all, His name is El Shaddai—He is both the Creator and sustainer of life. And He loves to manifest Himself in the context of the impossible.

Don't let just any man have your grace.' Patience was spinning flax. 'Mariah, you keep yourself for a good man.' Mariah could hear the wheel rattle and whirl, rattle and whirl. 'A good man. Like your pa. On top of him being good, he needs to be a true love.' 'How to know a true love?' 'When you get beyond the moonstruck stage and you hit a rough patch, but you can't stay mad at him for long.

Bramo assai, poco spero (Hope for much, expect little)

It is less distracting in the silence," she said. "Sustained silence allows one truly to listen to what is deep inside. We call it waiting in expectation.

It was no surprise that her sewing was so uneven, for to make even stiches the seamstress herself had to be steady. Abigail tended to hunch over her patchwork, her fingers and thread a snarl, and sew a few stiches before abandoning it to look down the road towards the houses near the general store, or to get up for a drink of water.

Father always said fishing is about not fishing as much as fishing." Indeed. And about not thinking. We all need to do things that take us out of ourselves.

Los buscadores dedicamos horas y horas, día tras día, haga el tiempo que haga, con la cara quemada por el sol, el cabello enmarañado por el viento, los ojos siempre entornados y las manos agrietadas. Tenemos las botas llenas de barro y con manchas del agua de mar. Nuestra ropa acaba mugrienta al final de la jornada. A menudo no encontramos nada, pero somos pacientes y trabajadores y no nos desanimamos cuando regresamos a casa con las manos vacías.

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.

Traditionally, Indians did not carry on dialogues when discussing important matters. Rather, each person listened attentively until his or her turn came to speak, and then he or she rose and spoke without interruption about the heart of the matter under consideration.

When the clouds clear we shall know the colour of the sky

Which meant I got left with Quinn yet again. Given the time he was taking to make his decision, I wasn't exactly happy about that. I mean, putting me with him was like flashing chocolate my way then telling me I couldn't have it. It was just plain mean.

Though the urge to hurry was beginning to beat through my brain, I knew that was the one thing I couldn't do. Not of I wanted to save lives.

I am in limbo, and in limbo there are no races, no prizes, no changes, no chances. There are merely degrees of endurance, and endurance never was my strong point.

What is 45 minutes to an old goat like you?" - Vanda "I believe it is still 45 minutes." - Connor

Life is short. Ask God to give you perspective instead of believing the lies that your life isn't good enough.

I've learned over the years that these heavy, painful, anguish-filled moments...these moments when I so badly want to say something to break the tension, are exactly the moments I need to stay silent. They are the moments I need to hold still, and hold that sacred space open. Because when I can hold still and hold on in that place, no matter how hard it is for both of us, something can happen.

Don't aim for perfection. Aim for progress. Learn to slow the process down when your adrenaline gets pumping.

Love goes through all times

Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten.

Meet the time as it seeks us. «Encontremos el tiempo como nos busca». The Tragedy of Cymbeline, William Shakespeare

ama bilindi?i gibi umut en son ölen ?eydi.

dripping water wears away stone

No se puede parar el tiempo, pero para el amor a veces se detiene. Pearl S. Buck