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Quotes About Patience

Talking too much, too soon, and with too much self-satisfaction has always seemed to me a sure way to court disaster.
~ Meg Greenfield
He who complains, sins.
~ Saint Francis de Sales
It is better to be tied to any thorny bush than to be with a cross man.
~ Augusta Gregory
If there is no wind, row.
~ Latin proverb
You have to take it as it happens, but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.
~ Old German proverb
It is sometimes the man who opens the door who is the last to enter the room.
~ Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco
Lord, make me chaste - but not yet.
~ St. Augustine
It is easier to talk than to hold one's tongue.
~ Greek proverb
Keep quiet and people will think you a philosopher.
~ Latin proverb
Blessed are they who have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it.
~ James Russell Lowell
Keep breathing.
~ Sophie Tucker
Keep doing what you're doing and you'll keep getting what you're getting.
~ Anonymous
If it's working, keep doing it. If it's not working, stop doing it. If you don't know what to do, don't do anything.
~ Dr. Melvin Konner
I just take my three swings and go sit on the bench. I don't ever want to mess up my swing.
~ Dick Allen
A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead the first blow, better not strike at it.
~ H. W. Shaw
There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.
~ J. H. Vincent
Faith is believing before receiving.
~ Alfred A. Montapert
God comes at last when we think he is farthest off.
~ James Howell
God answers all our prayers. Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes the answer is no. Sometimes the answer is, you've got to be kidding!
~ Jimmy Carter
The game isn't over until it's over.
~ Yogi Berra
Remember, the bread you meet each day is still rising. Don't scare the dough.
~ Macrina Wiederkehr
You can't catch trout with dry breeches.
~ Spanish proverb
Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to succeed.
~ Charles de Montesquieu
If your efforts are sometimes greeted with indifference, don't lose heart. The sun puts on a wonderful show at daybreak, yet most of the people in the audience go on sleeping.
~ Ada Teixeira