Quotes About Patience

When in the body of a donkey, enjoy the taste of grass.

He who is quick to borrow is slow to pay.

Rachel, it's been nearly two hours." "Oh." She looked surprised. "I'm sorry.

It is a good proof and test of our love if we can bear with such faults and not be shocked by them. Others, in their turn, will bear with your faults, which, if you include those of which you are not aware, must be much more numerous.

do not try to get so much that you achieve nothing. Look

Let us not fail him; do not fear that he will fail you. And if some time he should fail you, it will be for a greater good. The

you will never lack so much of the water of comfort that your thirst will be intolerable;

let us desire that not our wills, but His will, be done.74 If we have not progressed as far as this, then, as I have said, let us practise humility, which is the ointment for our wounds; if we are truly humble, God, the Physician,75 will come in due course, even though He tarry, to heal us.

determined to ask those of heaven to heal me--for I wished, nevertheless, to be well, though I bore my illness with great joy. Sometimes, too, I used to think that if I recovered my health, and yet were lost for ever, I was better as I was. But, for all that, I thought I might serve God much better if I were well. This is our delusion; we do not resign ourselves absolutely to the disposition of our Lord, Who knows best what is for our good.

His secrets are hidden deep; but all that he does will be best for us, without the slightest doubt.

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You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.

Sometimes Is a good answer to any existential question.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

They say everybody gets 15 minutes. I hope I'm just inside the first minute and the next 14 go really slow.

There is no redeeming value whatsoever in harshness. Harshness does nothing that loving firmness doesn't do better.

Everyone gets to go crazy in long-term relationships, but you have to take turns. I call this relational integrity. It means that you hold the (Wise Adult) fort while your partner goes off their (Adaptive Child) rails. It's not an easy practice, but it builds strong relational muscles.

In your close relationships, urgency is your enemy, and breath is your friend.

We are so busy attempting to manage the result that we fail simply to run the race.

time wasted is not always a waste of time.

But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Listen twice as much as you talk, since you were born with two ears and one mouth.

Waves broke, then sighed as if they were searching, not finding, then coming back, never giving up the search, returning again and again.

A lie is just the truth waiting to be itself.