Quotes About Patience

He who knows how to be aggressive, and yet remains patient, becomes a receptacle for all of Nature's lessons.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

A foolish man is always doing,Yet much remains to be done.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one's feet.

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

The best fighter is never angry.

Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

[The sage] never strives himself for the great, and thereby the great is achieved.

People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

He who tip-toes cannot stand he who strides cannot walk.

People in their handling of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.

The journey of a thousand leagues begins from beneath your feet.

The softest things in the world to overcome the hardest things in the world.

A violent wind does not last for a whole morning...

He who stands on his tiptoes does not stand firm...

The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout...

Maybe she should cut the guy a little slack, [...] Maybe Thorne had been a no-show because something bad happened to him on the job. What if he'd been injured in the line of duty and didn't come by as promised because he was incapacitated in some way? Maybe he hadn't called to apologize or to explain his absence because he physically couldn't. Right. And maybe she had checked her brain into her panties from the second she first laid eyes on the man.