Quotes About Patience

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Great sculptors and artists spend countless hours perfecting their talents. They don't pick up a chisel or a brush and palette, expecting immediate perfection. They understand that they will make many errors as they learn, but they start with the basics, the key fundamentals first.

Those who want to be serious photographers, you're really going to have to edit your work. You're going to have to understand what you're doing. You're going to have to not just shoot, shoot, shoot. To stop and look at your work is the most important thing you can do.

Courage is not always about action. It takes courage to do nothing rather than do something that you do not believe in or understand.

There are many things that I don't understand.

Learning to love yourself is not going to happen overnight - the first step is trying to be kinder and more patient with yourself, and I understand that it takes time.

I understand that people have aspirations, and everyone wants to play the lead role. But, I do believe that one must climb the ladder from the first step.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.

If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choose, every frustration can help you to be more patient and more persistent.

Friends are very understanding when you tell them in April that you can see them next September, but there is a limit to how long you can go on like that.

As parents, we're human beings, too, but sometimes we're not as understanding as we'd like to be.

I'm just telling you, God permits things in our lives sometimes for reasons that we do not understand yet because of the spiritual level that we're on. We can't have any understanding of it, because we're not at a place of spiritual growth yet where we understand the deeper things of God.

Baseball could end tomorrow but you're just understanding that God is in control of it and we are not.

You're on an island when you're injured. Nobody understands what you're going through. And everybody's different. Some people heal quicker than others.

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

I never understood the hit-single, quick-success, get-airplay mentality.

When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important!

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

Every time I start a new novel, it seems like an impossible undertaking. If I tried to do too much too quickly, I would get lost and feel overwhelmed. I have to go slow, and give things a chance to take form and grow.

Child-rearing can be a tedious and thankless undertaking.

I just try to laugh at the little things. Like, I'm always amazed by how long it takes two kids to get dressed and out the door. Every morning I say, 'Come on! Let's go! Five minutes!' And they're still in their underwear. Or they say they're ready, but they're not wearing shoes.

For the first six years of his career, Sammy Sosa was one of the least patient players in the game. He could hit the long ball and steal a base, but he was undisciplined.

I totally remember that: being 25 and unemployed and trying to stretch each cappuccino for 60 minutes.