Quotes About Patience

For the birds that cannot soar, God has provided low branches.

Patience is the key to paradise.

but whether or not God has kissed your brow, you still have to work. Without learning and preparation, you won't know how to harness the power of that kiss.

But I think it's hard for me to only put out one record a year. Because I get too antsy. But it's good I'm learning to do that, because each record counts. And you should make it count.

You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes" from God.

I thank God for Closed Doors

Don't try to be seen, God may be hiding you on purpose.

I ain't going to talk to you until I am blue in the face trying to make you change. I'm going to tell you what's on my mind and hope you get it and I'm going to move on. That's what we have to do sometimes--move on. Try to help others, extend your hand, and then help the next. If they don't want to accept it, keep moving on. Don't let them discourage you. Never stop doing what you're doing because of somebody else's unwillingness to learn.

Teach but never try to change people because sometimes they change back.

Live where you are so God can meet you at your needs.

It takes a while to build a dream

Be modest and patient; allow your dream its own time to grow. Dreams need to be tended like crops before you can enjoy the harvest. And this is important: Don't get hung up on the outcome. Hand that over to God. Remember, He's the one at the wheel. Of course, I was afraid of failing, but I held on

Ordinarily, that would have meant living in anxiety and fear, but my father was a different kind of man when he was around Mae. Instead of boiling up in anger and violence, he was a placid lake. He would even brag about what

But I couldn't get the preacher's words out of my head: "If you pray, God will see you through it. He'll answer your prayers.

Sometimes in life, son, when you pray and you've said and done all you can,

then all you have to do is stand and wait, and listen. Just stand.

IN THIS ERA of instant gratification and gotta-have-it-now impatience, it's hard to imagine putting everything you have, and I mean everything—all your money, all your

I believe that everything that happens to you can work together for your good because I believe everything you deal with in this life is all for a reason and is supposed to make you a better person.

One day, after yet another failed running attempt, I confessed to a good friend how frustrated I was about my sorry running chops. "Tyler, you've got it all wrong," he said. "It's not about the speed or the distance. It's about the endurance." I rolled his words around my mind and remembered Ecclesiastes 9:11 (KJV):

Focus on one step at a time. Be grateful for how far you've come. Thank God for where you are. Keep going.

In direct opposition to how my father raised me, with my own son I focus on being a parent who is tender and loving, attentive, curious, supportive, patient, and aware. I'm not a perfect soul, but I strive to keep my heart open and loving. I've sworn never to utter an unkind word to my son, Aman.

I truly believe that the boredom of illness is parlous to one's health

I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience.

The word for patience in Arabic is 'cactus'. They have the same meaning -'to endure thirst'.