Quotes About Patience

Be thankful for the good, be patient under the evil, and presume not to enquire why the latter predominates

She returned to her mantra: something would happen, something would turn up, it always had before, it would again.

All this counting and measuring of nanoparticles, each one thirty-billionths of a metre. She had been trying to measure how much of herself she had lost, had been waiting for the possibility of splendour, waiting to understand why she had given herself, so completely, away. She would not wait anymore. She

JAMES STILL HADN'T RETURNED Kick's texts, which meant he was deep into programming or, more likely, playing Skyrim. Kick knew he wouldn't deal well with this

I don't know how to put them down." "I know. That's why we're waiting for the sun to come out." "Are you on Instagram?" "No.

You find that you have lot of time on your hands when you suddenly are not drinking because you are pregnant.

When it was cooler, Trazada made a simple meal of sausage, cheese, and bread. She had schooled herself to wait dinner until hunger urged her to eat; it gave seasoning to poor food that no spice could furnish. ("The Generalissimo's Butterfly")

A girl can wait for the right man to come along but in the meantime that doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones

What am I supposed to do, Sit around and wait for you? Well I can't do that, And there's no turning back. I need time to move on, I need love to feel strong. Cause I've got time to think it through, And maybe I'm too good for you!

Many stories of the Bible tell of a person who prayed multiple times. Jesus himself prayed three times in the Garden of Gethsemane (see Matthew 26:36–44). Paul asked three times for his "thorn in the flesh" to be removed (2 Corinthians 12:7–9 KJV). And Elijah prayed to God seven times for rain before the drops began to pour from the sky (see 1 Kings 18). Perseverance in prayer is never nagging. God loves to hear your voice.

If God would concede me His omnipotence for 24 hours, you would see how many changes I would make in the world. But if He gave me His wisdom too, I would leave things as they are. —JACQUES-MARIE-LOUIS MONSABRÉ

There's no need to act just because you have a feeling.

The world is full of things we can't control. All we can do is keep trying, keep working.

Why the world won't accommodate my every whim, I just don't know.

Die, damn you! Maybe tomorrow. Just now I'm busy.

He knows the day, the hour, the minute that something in particular needs to happen in our lives. He may not be early, but He's never late.

Seriously, God! Did You have to choose me as the poster child for the single-and-waiting-on-God girl?

why do I struggle with believing God will deliver on the promise of a husband and a family?

God, why don't you just hang a sign on my head that reads 'never the choice'?

I have to face that my singleness right now is God's choice,

I'm so sick of my life. The chapter I want doesn't get written. I'm always stuck in the "wait" chapter.

9 Hazard of Singlehood: Facing Love Interests Who Are Now With Others

I've prayed countless prayers to God saying, "Please take this desire away." But He hasn't! I even asked, "Just take the desire away until you're ready to give it to me. Hold it in a box. Duct tape it closed for later because I don't want to desire anything that you don't have for me right now! It hurts too much.

make sure the compromises you make are ones God is truly asking you to make and that it's not just your impatience kicking in. Especially be wary as your age creeps up. You may be tempted to say "yes" to the wrong person because you don't want to wait any longer.