Quotes About Patience

Marion fought back the urge to shove the candle in his face and did her best to broaden her smile...

It/ll be better tomorrow...

Ya dont want yadinner taget cold, doya?

Sometimes it seems to stand still. Like you're in a bag and you can't get out and somebody's always telling you that it will get better with time and time just seems to stand still and laugh at you and your pain.

Time has to pass. But sometimes its so goddamn long. Sometimes it just seems to drag and drag and weigh a ton. And hang on you like a monkey. Like its going to suck the blood out of you. Or squeeze your guts out. And sometimes it flies. And is gone somewhere, somehow, before you know it was even here. As if time is only here to make you miserable. That's the only reason for time. To squeeze you. Crush you. To tie you up in knots and make you fucking miserable.

Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along.

At long last Helen raised herself on an elbow and turning towards the man, kissed him gently. Her eyes shone, contented and happy. "Ah, and now, darling, aren't you ashamed for having kept me waiting so long?" she chided.

Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn't hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.

People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you're not looking for it.

I stayed where I was and watched. The man and the corridor. He didn't make any other noise, and the corridor didn't do anything that corridors don't normally do.

He picked up the fountain pen and clicked the top on and off a few times while he listened.

Not before the harvest is in, and the mules are rested

To listen to someone means devoting time to the process, putting your own concerns on hold, remaining silent even when you're dying to say something. Patient listening also involves a willingness to postpone judgement about what is being said. Mostly, we want to rush in to agree, to disagree, to object, to correct; but listening demands the patience to let all that wait until the other person has finished saying to us what they want to say to us.

Here's the cardinal rule of the good listener: receive before you respond. [p97]

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward in my actions and not from them.

When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.

It makes no sense to hurry up, and so mess up, what I am doing now in order to get started on what I plan to do next. Every moment that I am centered in the future I suffer a temporary loss of this life.

By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it.

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

We gaan zien. Wij gaan zien. Toch.

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

When you are frustrated and do not know a way out, only flexibility and moderation towards difficulties will save you.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.

Results take time to measure.