Quotes About Patience

One of the greatest evils of the day among those outside of prison is their sense of futility. Young people say, What is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time; we can be responsible only for the one action of the present moment.

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows slowly endures.

One step and then another, and the longest walk is ended. One stitch and then another, and the longest rent is mended. One brick upon another, and the tallest wall is made. One flake and then another, and the deepest snow is laid.

The way a chihuahua goes about eating a dead elephant is to take a bite and be very present with that bite. In spiritual growth, the definitive act is to take one step and let tomorrow's step take care of itself!

Take your needle, my child, and work at your pattern; it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that; one stitch at a time taken patiently, and the pattern will come out all right, like embroidery.

The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Once in Persia reigned a king Who upon his signet ring Graved a maxim true and wise, Which if held before the eyes Gave him counsel at a glance Fit for every change and chance. Solemn words, and these are they: "Even this shall pass away."

One today is worth two tomorrows.

Tomorrow never yet On any human being rose or set.

Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Travel teaches toleration.

For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

I believe in practicing prudence, at least once every two or three years.

No good man ever became suddenly rich.

Sleep faster, we need the pillows.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

No wonder can last more than three days.

Like stones, words are laborious and unforgiving, and the fitting of them together, like the fitting of stones, demands great patience and strength of purpose and particular skill.

There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?