Quotes About Patience

We don't really look at the stock, you know? Because for us, it's about the long term. And so we're very much focused on long-term shareholder value but not the short-term kind of stuff.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

Sport has taught me never to be jealous of someone or insecure if somebody is doing well. It's taught me teamwork and the value of patience. Even If I lose, I know that I've actually not lost.

I had been used to chatter. To sit quietly did not come easy. However, with time and patience, I was learning.

After some minutes, I went back to the Bible. Again my eyes skimmed the pages. My spirit was calm now. My trembling had ceased. I read passage after passage until I came to Psalm 27:14. I stopped and read it through again. "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.

she prayed. Not merely for wisdom, but for submission. Would she ever be ready—and willing—to let God work out the details of her future?

a few hours.

Sometimes the way God chooses to lead us is through our own disquieted Spirit. pg. 241

So that is what we pray for. That God will give you the wisdom and the faith to look beyond this moment. To know that whatever lies ahead, he has prepared the way. And he will have you ready for it as long as you are faithfully following him.

She had a hard time to keep from running.

It was Gramps' turn now. He took his time and

So much of life is about standing on the curb, willing to see what rolls up.

So much of life is about standing on the curb, wiling to see what rolls up.

Table 1.1. Factors related to the outcomes of personal crises 1. Acknowledgment that one is in crisis 2. Acceptance of one's personal responsibility to do something 3. Building a fence, to delineate one's individual problems needing to be solved 4. Getting material and emotional help from other individuals and groups 5. Using other individuals as models of how to solve problems 6. Ego strength 7. Honest self-appraisal 8. Experience of previous personal crises 9. Patience

That's why one of my favorite investing rules is "If the market is open, your wallet should be closed." You should never act on an investing idea the same day you get it; the next day, your mood and situation will have changed, and the facts may look different to you. Sleeping on it is one of the simplest and best ways to make sure your decision is not just a momentary whim.

Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then — and this is the important bit — do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies.

If only life were that simple; if one could jump to the good parts and flick through the bad —

If it takes us 10 years to get into the shit, it will take us 20 to get out. And the journey starts NOW.

Strive for the Long Now

long gaps between sequels to books.

Rabbits never drove fast. They like to enjoy the view, didn't much care for speed and besides, it was wasteful of fuel. If you want to get somewhere a long way away, just leave early. Days, if that's required. Or, as Samuel C. Rabbit had it: 'nhffnfhfiifhfnnffhrhrfhrf' or 'to travel joyously is better than to arrive.

Working with those versed in the Mystical Arts was sometimes like trying to knit with wet spaghetti: just when you thought you'd gotten somewhere, it all came to pieces in your hands.

He shook his head, looked around carefully and then lowered his voice. "Pretend to be mad and talk a lot. Then—and this is the important bit—do nothing at all until you absolutely have to and then make sure everyone dies." "Thanks

You've got a face longer than a Dickens novel. What's the problem?