Quotes About Patience

Mindfulness meditation encourages us to become more patient and compassionate with ourselves and to cultivate open-mindedness and gentle persistence. These qualities help free us from the gravitational pull of anxiety, stress and unhappiness by reminding us what science has shown: that it's OK to stop treating sadness and other difficulties as problems that need to be solved.

J. Michael Straczynski

The person who is impatient with weakness will be ineffective in his leadership. The evidence of our strength lies not in the distance that separates us from other runners but in our closure with them, our slower pace for their sakes, our helping them pick it up and cross the line.

Why would I kill someone I don't know, when I know so many people who irritate me, and havent't killed any of them?

When she brought Mira up, Eve gave Roarke another glance. Don't talk to him, she warned. He can get bitchy when he's in this deep. I don't know if we have any of that tea stuff. I had it stocked, and I don't get bitchy. Bloody, buggering HELL. Eve just rolled her eyes and got the tea.

Decisions made quickly were almost always regretted quickly.

I'm a barrel of monkeys, kid, though mostly I figure monkeys stuck in a barrel are just going to be pissed off.

I'm fine right here. All patience, he bent down until his face was close to hers. What you are is hoping to get drunk enough so that you can take a few punches at someone without worrying about the consequences. With me, you don't have to get drunk, you don't have to worry. You can take all the punches you want. Why? Because you have something sad in your eyes and it gets to me.

Time doesn't heal, whatever they say. It's how we use the time that can heal.

First line] "The business of murder took time, patience, skill, and a tolerance for the monotonous.

Practice this first. He laid his hands on her shoulders. Have a good trip. Enjoy your vacation. You didn't say I had to speak to him. She blew out a breath at Roarke's calm stare. All right, all right, it's worth it. Have a good trip. She stretched her lips into a smile. Enjoy your vacation. Asshole. I'll leave off the asshole, I just wanted to say it now. Understood.

When can I drive the new ride?" "When you learn that a yellow light means haul ass to get through it before it turns red instead of slowing down to a crawl a half a block away.

Traffic was a bitch, but, then again, Eve thought, so was she.

And we don't hit people when they say stupid things. Because they're allowed to, it's not against the law. People can be as stupid as they want, and we just ignore them. We can say, 'You're wrong,' or maybe, 'You're an idiot,' but that's it. We don't hit 'em, we just ignore 'em. Right?

She wondered why things always took longer than you wanted them to take, unless you wanted them to take a lot longer—then they didn't take nearly long enough. Time sucked.

She didn't hurry as she walked to him. Something told her he was a man too used to people — women certainly — rushing toward him. So she took her time, her long, slow strides flapping her borrowed coat around her chilly legs.

Why would I kill someone I don't know, when I know so many people who irritate me, and haven't killed any of them?

That's all I need for now, Nadine. You can wait in the living area. We'll return your electronics shortly." "Come on, Dallas. You said I'd have the story." "And you will. But I need a minute with my partner." "Fine. I'm taking the cookies." Sadly, Peabody watched the cookies leave with Nadine. "They looked good.

expect he'll be back on his feet in a day or two. I'll be working

They'd all wait for her until the morning.

times. She had them stand by, then took

life is never as long as we want it to be, and wasted time can never be recovered." A

Faith means believing in what you do even when it does not bear visible fruit.

It was no longer a matter of growing a fat crop, only of growing enough for the seed not to die out. There will be another year, he consoled himself, another summer in which to try again.