Quotes About Patience

That man,' Elayne said, 'is never where he needs to be.' 'And yet,' Perrin said, 'he always arrives there eventually.

Perhaps the greatest lesson which the lives of literary men teach us is told in a single word* Wait!

No man ever learned to love God with all his heart, and his neighbour as himself, in a day.

A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time

The generality of men expend the early part of their lives in contributing to render the latter part miserable.

It's a good thing he broke up with you because now you're free for when the right man finds you. Your prince is on his way." "Right. I'm sure he was on his way but a truck hit him.

It is a little learning, and but a little, which makes men conclude hastily. Experience and humility teach modesty and fear.

Man and wife are equally concerned, to avoid all offence of each other, in the beginning of their conversation. Every little thing can blast an infant blossom.

A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up.

Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their persistent labour for sure if slow progress.

Fly-fishing for wild trout on quiet waters must be one of the toughest and craziest ways to catch fish ever invented by man, as well as among the most frustrating and humiliating.

Som thingis that prouoke young men to wed in haste,Show after weddyng, that hast maketh waste.

Who waite for dead men shall goe long barefoote.

A man who gets few letters does not open one lightly.

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

If a thing goes without saying -- let it.

Oh, one world at a time!

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.

When you keep the porch light on for the prodigal child, you do what God does every single moment.

[On turning down an invitation to appear for four minutes on the Ed Sullivan Show:] Honey, it takes Moms four minutes just to get on the stage.

My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't start playing till I was seven.

The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug.