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Quotes About Patience

As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking. To
~ James Allen
He that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened; for only by patience, practice, and ceaseless importunity can a man enter the Door of the Temple of Knowledge.
~ James Allen
When impatience and irritability are entirely put away, are finally offered up on the altar of unselfishness, then is realised and enjoyed the blessedness of a strong, quiet, and peaceful mind.
~ James Allen
The foolish wish and grumble; the wise, work and wait.
~ James Allen
You've done all you can do. All that is within your power, your control. Now, give up the results. The right thing will happen.
~ James Altucher
And it took him about 15 years of writing every day, writing thousands of poems and stories before he finally started making a living as a writer. He wrote his first novel at the age of 49 and it was financially successful. After 25 years of plugging away at it he was finally a successful writer.
~ James Altucher
when you rush to get to a mythical there, one day you will arrive and realize you missed all of the pleasures and mysteries along the way.
~ James Altucher
SILENCE Don't be afraid to go silent. Mirror and then have the confidence to go silent. Nobody wants the negotiation to end. They will keep talking and give you more information.
~ James Altucher
There's no way to know in advance if a business idea is a good one. Google started around 1996 but didn't make a dime of money until around 2001.
~ James Altucher
How do you surrender? By trusting that you've done the right preparation. You've done all you can do. All that is within your power, your control. Now, give up the results. The right thing will happen.
~ James Altucher
Never underestimate the power of a long, protracted silence." Out
~ James Altucher
Traveling to the past or the future will not help you now.
~ James Altucher
people are very, very busy walking around you, paying with the currency of unhappiness now in order to reach their glorious futures someday…maybe.
~ James Altucher
So how can one make money in the market? I told you about: #1. Pick some stocks and hold them forever.
~ James Altucher
Often people want answers right now! When they tell you to jump, they want you to ask, "How high?" But you have the right to think things over. The right to delay. The right to say, "Okay, give me some time to see how I feel about it." The right to get to know the people who enter your life in either business or relationships and see if they are the right fit.
~ James Altucher
when they're done speaking, wait for two seconds before responding.
~ James Altucher
To be happy with your loved ones. To be satisfied for every gift in your life, for every moment, not rushing to the next moment of mastery.
~ James Altucher
My theory always in any career is that it takes one to three years to do the studying required. About two years before you are making any money at the new career. Three to four years before you are making a living from it and five to six years before you are killing it.
~ James Altucher
If too many things have to happen in order to bring about the situation you want, then back out of it and try again later.
~ James Altucher
Raymond Chandler's first novel came out at 51.
~ James Altucher
Tell me, he said, What is this thing about time? Why is it better to be late than early? People are always saying, we must wait, we must wait. what are they waiting for? Well […] I guess people wait in order to make sure of what they feel. And when you have waited—-has it made you sure?
~ James Baldwin
There are people in the world for whom coming along is a perpetual process, people who are destined never to arrive.
~ James Baldwin
love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don't panic now.
~ James Baldwin
but the Atlantic Ocean is deep and wide and money doesn't hurry from the other side.
~ James Baldwin