Quotes About Patience

It is better to rust out than wear out.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

We cannot foresee what the Lord has in mind for us. Our only course of action is to be prepared and worthy for whatever he requires. We must govern our actions every day with our future in mind.

Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.

I think lots of things, Denny, and I dismiss nothing. When I know, then I'll act.

Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack.

In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.

I don't tap dance, and I don't think you can learn to tap dance in three weeks at my ripe old age.

I was a late developer and, at the age of 15, I almost thought of quitting football.

People ask me how long it took to make a work. I reply by giving them my age.

My eyes have seen much, but they are not weary. My ears have heard much, but they thirst for more.

You know Deets is like me - he's not one to quit on a garment just because it's got a little age - spoken by Augustus McCrae

At age 19, I read a book [The Intelligent Investor] and what I'm doing today, at age 76, is running things through the same thought process I learned from the book I read at 19.

We have a great regard for old age when it is bottled.

When I was about 25, I went to a hand reader, this Indian guy in a funky neighborhood. He said: The height of your success won't happen until you're in your late 40s.

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?

The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age.

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

I am just turning 40 and taking my time about it.

One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: "This too shall pass.

I became a tabla-player at the the age of five. However, I should have learned singing also. I mean I know about singing, but I have been never practicing it.

I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard.

In an age of acceleration, nothing can be more exhilarating than going slow.