Quotes About Patience

We're a sport that was in obscurity for so long, we started to get used to that.

What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.

At No 3 you have to take a bit more time to find your feet, but at No 5 you take much less time to get adjusted because you have already observed your openers, the No 3 and No 4 batsmen and you get a fair idea of how the wicket is playing.

Of course every player wants to go from good to better, but one should not be obsessed with it.

Sometimes you don't want to abandon a project to go to another move and come back, so maybe because I have a manic obsession I stick to my idea, and I'd rather wait than do something that is not my main passion.

The greatest obstacle in 'Tetris' is time and one's own ability to navigate it - kind of like life itself.

Other than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can't see any difference between take one and take 20.

Obviously after such a long gap, one itches to get back to the game and score big runs.

When you're an undrafted guy, it's hard because... you're not going to have the first- or second-team reps all the time, obviously.

When I started building things, obviously I was pretty bad at it. You cant be good at it from the start, and I decided to just embrace that, roll with it, and turn it into something funny.

Us investigators who went out into the field were faced on occasion with a lot of anger, by people saying why has it taken you five or six year to come and see me?

Occasionally, as an actor, you're not... Sometimes, at least for me, I'm not fully in the groove until the second or third take, in which I would not want to just stop. If it's a scene that takes a lot of work and time, sometimes the scene gets better with time, and sometimes it gets exhausted. I think it just depends on the scene.

I try to save being angry for the really important moments - for special occasions.

The humblest occupation has in it materials of discipline for the highest heaven.

It would be hard to know what gigantic proportion of human life is spent in this same ratio of years under water on legs to one premature, exhausted moment on wings.

Writing a novel is the closest thing a male writer will ever get to the experience of childbirth.

All you need do is nod. I already know nine parts in ten of what he will say, but it is like fishing. Be patient, and you will get what you came for.

And if the criticized person takes it quietly without rancor, not striking back but constantly loving, he will gather in friends faster than his critics can manufacture enemies.

It is always too soon to quit.

Tuhan memahami semua kesulitan, jadi bicarakanlah denganNya.

It's always too early to quit

What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them" (Mark 11:24).

They are not easily irritated or annoyed. Some people seem to be able to rise above their irritations and they are fun to be with because they are poised and even-tempered. They seem to live on an upper level emotionally and are not easily riled up. They keep in a good humor and spirit.