Quotes About Patience

There's nothing comes without calling in this world, and after you've called you've generally got to go and fetch it yourself.

What would they say if they knew I sit for two months on six lines of poetry?

sometimes life's like a bad waiter and serves you exactly what you don't want. You can cry and scream and order him to take it back, but in the end, you're the one who has to deal with what's finally set before you.

Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns.

Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.

Cause sometimes it's hard to let the future begin!

Sometimes little is better than nothing at all.

It was much less frustrating being the pursued rather than the pursuer.

He wondered if his own child would like to have a dog, then shook off the thought. He was years away from having a child. He needed a wife first—and obtaining her would be far more trouble than obtaining a mistress. Here, he had yet to get a mistress.

Heaven belongs to the impetuous who won't wait.

Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.

It takes a busload of faith to get by.

As with most things in life, it's that little hop at the end…

I'm waiting' for my man, Got twenty-six dollars in my hand. He's never early, he's always late, First thing you learn is that you always gotta' wait' - Waiting for the Man

We'll talk to them in Spanish and if they don't understand us, we'll say it louder and slower, and shake our heads because how stupid can you be not to be able to speak such a simple language.

My father would say things that make no sense, like, "If I were the last person on earth, some moron would turn left in front of me."

When you're in the midst of a storm, it's hard to remember that God is always good and glorious, and that God's plans will always prevail, even when yours don't.

The Enemy, however, was working in his life just like he does in ours: waiting him out. The Enemy is a patient foe and deceives us into thinking we can manage. We assume if Satan can't take us out on night one, he'll give up. But Satan will wait us out for decades if necessary.

You should never count God out. What He has planned and dreamed for your life far exceeds the circumstances of your day. He is always at work, painting on a canvas bigger than we can see or imagine. Not only is this true today; it's been true of our entire story to this point.

In spite of our foolishness and rebellious hearts, God has pursued us with relentless passion and patience, fully expressing to us His unfathomable love through the mercy and grace of the cross of His Son, Jesus Christ.

I know it's difficult. But, yes, God is working even in the midst of whatever problem you're going through. He's working in both seen and unseen ways. He's working to put you on a path that you'll never regret, a path of extraordinary goodness that's a reflection of his character. In the meantime, your task is to dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.

Our change is more about trusting and less about trying.

We can't predict what type of sustaining graces God will provide for us. And we can't expect that the kind of sustaining grace someone else receives will be the same kind of care we will receive. We can only trust that the provision will come.

if you want to do something great for God, then get ready to be tested greatly first. You'll be tested greatly so you can be trusted greatly.