Quotes About Patience

It isn't as bad as you think it is. It all works out. Don't worry-I say that to myself every morning. it will all work out. If you do your best, it will all work out. Put your trist in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future.

So many of us make a great fuss of matters of small consequence. We are so easily offended. Happy is the man who can brush aside the offending remarks of another and go on his way.

Things will work out.

Things work out; it isn't as bad as you sometimes think it is.

Don't get discouraged. Things will work out.

The trouble with most of our prayers is that we give them as if we were picking up the phone and ordering groceries - we place our order and hang up.

Nevertheless, I sought counsel from my leaders and obeyed, even when I knew their advice would make my life more complicated. I decided it was not for me to question and that if some advice caused temporary pain for me, it must be something I should experience.

No matter the circumstances, I encourage you to go forward with faith and prayer, calling on the Lord. You may not receive any direct revelation. But you will discover, as the years pass, that there has been a subtle guiding of your footsteps in paths of progress and great purpose.

Finally, if the person I'm talking to appears wedded determinedly to the past and unwilling to contemplate a better future, I grow impatient. It is misplaced kindness to offer only sympathy, even where it is clearly justified. It is hope that I'm really selling. If, after extended effort, I cannot persuade someone to buy, I am wasting both our time by continuing.

Only bad things happen quickly, . . . Virtually all the happiness-producing processes in our lives take time, usually a long time: learning new things, changing old behaviors, building satisfying relationships, raising children. This is why patience and determination are among life's primary virtues.

I, wanderer, stand awaiting the signal.

The man who wants to be an angel is never in a hurry to begin.

You'll meet more angels on a winding path than on a straight one.

If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot.

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind.

Frustration is anger caged in impatience.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape one hundred days of sorrow.

When angry, count ten, before you speak; if very angry, an hundred.

Life does not have a stop sign, only a speed limiter.

Don't be mean when you've had a bad day. Be nice, and your day will get better.

Keep your spirits up. Good things will come to you and you will come to good things.

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.

August is one of the hottest months of the northern year, so hold your breath and see that the fan is in order. It is also one of the longest months, and sometimes it seems even longer.

There are two times of year: autumn and waiting for autumn.