Quotes About Patience

Life can be savored only if you look to the future and leave vengeance to the gods

Our lives are spent sailing in the mist, hoping for a burst of sunlight that can make sense of who we are.

I remember an old teacher of mine once saying that behind every dark cloud the sun was just waiting to boil you to death.

Do you happen to know when the apothecary will be arriving? We have an injured brother and are in need of herbs to reduce his fever. You're the one who'll need the apothecary! I have already said that I need the apothecary. Shall I speak more slowly?

La creazione richiede tempo e amore, la distruzione solo qualche secondo di follia.

Impatience can be fatal.

Don't volunteer anything. Let the other person do all the talking. Most people can't stand silence, so they have to fill it up with words.

Timing. It's about timing.

I am keeping my powder dry for a political system that will improve my golf game, my blues piano licks and my cooking. Until them, please keep the political scum in your yard. Thank you.

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with their liberal allowance of time.

If you don't like it, alter it, and if you can't alter it, put up with it.

The heart wants what it wants -- but sometimes it takes time to figure things out.

He said there are two ways for a hitter to get the pitch he wants. The simplest way is not to want any pitch in particular. But the best way, he said -- which sounds almost the same, but is really very different -- is to want the very pitch you're gonna get. Including the one you can handle. But also the one that's gonna strike you out looking. And even the one that's maybe gonna bounce off your head.

If you feel the undertow of depression slowly pulling you out into the depths, don't rage at the heavens; don't wear yourself out trying to recover. Wait on God, rest in Him, and let Him pull your spirit homeward. All the tides of this world move toward Him.

All we have to do is ask and He will give us the wisdom that we need to get through the storm.

question the ways of the almighty God? To face God is to be humbled. With humility comes wisdom; with wisdom comes the strength to wait upon the Lord.

God's past faithfulness and compassion toward us is a heritage upon which we build our faith in the future.

The Bible says when others treat you badly, you're supposed to love them, pray for them, bless them, and do good things for them. If you can't do it because you want to, then you must do it because you're obedient.

Trust in the LORD, and do good. PSALM 37:3

The same grace that transports us to heaven also gives us composure when our flights are delayed or the traffic is jammed up.

God is never early and never late.

He desires for us to understand His plans.

Prayer is the kind of exercise that can lead to discouragement if we're not careful. Some of you reading this chapter are discouraged right now, because you keep trying to pray but you can't be consistent with it. Some of you are discouraged because you pray every day and still God has not answered your request.

Return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm" (Joel 2:13).