Quotes About Patience

As we explained our idea of teaching Gandhian tactics to women's movements, she listened to us patiently, sitting and rocking on her veranda, sipping tea. When we were finished, she said, 'Well, of course, my dears. We taught him everything we knew.

When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

I thought I understood what was best. I knew too little and believed too soon.

The reason many fail to cut the tree is, they come with a knife.

The world is not short of whatever you are seeking. If you fail to get it, you may have refused to master the art of getting it.

We are at more risk of waiting for opportunity while, without our knowledge, it awaits us and at less risk of waiting for opportunity while it remains beyond our reach.

We go hungry because we keep expecting fruit from barren lands.

Big people monopolize the listening. Small people monopolize the talking. Proverbs 29:20 "Seest thou a man that has hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than him".

What's done is yet to come.

Bu insanlar yar?n?n bugünün getirdi?ini getirmesini dert etmeden bekleyebiliyorlar ve bu nedenle dertsiz ya?ay?p gidiyorlar. Anl?k doyum, ölçülü haz, geçici s?k?nt?, ?en bir sab?r!

Zur Resignation gehört Charakter.

I wait for the morning of my tears.

Warte nur, balde ruhest du auch

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.

My dear, old age is like an airplane flying in a storm. Once you're in it there's nothing you can do. You can't stop a plane, you can't stop a storm, you can't stop time. So you might as well take it easy, with wisdom.

It isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don't worry. I say that to myself every morning. It all works out in the end. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.

You have not failed until you quit trying.

You can't plow a field simply by turning it over in your mind.

The cause of most of man's unhappiness is sacrificing what he wants most for what he wants now.

Things will work out. Keep trying. Be believing. Don't get discouraged. Things will work out.

I forewarn you, this will be a rather long talk. I am an old man. I do not know how much longer I will live, and so I want to say what I have to say, while I have the strength to say it. ...Having been warned, some of you will wish to get comfortable. Pleasant dreams.

Walk by faith. God will open the way. When there is no way, He will open the way.

I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass.