Quotes About Patience

If one who looked from a tower for a new star, watching for years the same part of the sky, suddenly saw it (quite by chance while thinking of other things), and knew it for the star for which he had hoped, how many millions of men would never care?

Always be shorter than anybody dared to hope.

If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure.

Live then, beloved children of my heart, and never forget that, until the day God deigns to reveal the future to man, the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words; Wait and Hope.

Nunca dejes de respetar a alguien que tiene tiempo para aburrirse. De ahí salen los sabios.

I'll let you know when we're done.

Why does one person miraculously survive against all odds, while others perish when all they had to do was wait to be rescued?

Sometimes you can spend your whole life waiting for the day you leave work, the day you're going to start enjoying life, start living, start getting to know your family. But by then it's over—it's too late. You're gone.

Haruto is a good man. He's just—a little coercive at times. He also has a quick temper, not much patience. But his temperament is also what makes him good at business. His mind is incredibly sharp. He doesn't tolerate fools or people who think too slowly. It's what enables him to bring in the big bucks and afford us places like this." She gestures to her home. "I'm sure you understand.

Men don't know what they want. Women must show them.

Parents must be treated with respect, whether one wants to strangle them or not.

Stifle it,' Longmore told the boy. He needed a clear head to find his way through Sophy's rabbit warren of a mind. He couldn't do that and translate the boy's deranged version of English at the same time.

Why leave the nut you got for one you don't know?

Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you.

Success can't be forced.

To a kid who asked for a second cookie: "You already have one cookie you're eating. Why do you need another?" "I want to be ready for when this one is gone.

over the next four and a half months. By fall he would

when all looks the darkest, God works his greatest miracles if you have faith.

we won't borrow trouble—not when we have enough to see us through the day.

Before she could finish that thought, Dare kissed her on the top of the head. "You're more fragile than you realize, Molly Alexander." He caught her chin, turning her face toward him. "Don't push yourself. I want you - that's not going to change. I can't say I won't kiss you, but how far and how fast we go is up to you.

Right now it's all about one foot, then the other. That's one thing I tell patients who are in the midst of crippling depression, the kind that makes them think, There's the bathroom. It's about five feet away. I see it, but I can't get there. One foot, then the other.

A supervisor once likened doing psychotherapy to undergoing physical therapy. It can be difficult and cause pain, and your condition can worsen before it improves, but if you go consistently and work hard when you're there, you'll get the kinks out and function so much better.

One foot, then the other. Don't look at all five feet at once. Just take a step. And when you've taken that step, take one more. Eventually you'll make it to the shower. And you'll make it to tomorrow and next year too. One step.

There's an unspoken irony to all of this. People wanted a speedy solution to their problems, but what id their moods had been driven down in the first place by the hurried pace of their lives? They imagined they were rushing now in order to save their lives later, but so often, later never came.