Quotes About Patience

Fishing provides time to think, and reason not to. If you have the virtue of patience, an hour or two of casting alone is plenty of time to review all you've learned about the grand themes of life.

I believe that when Paul plants and Apollos waters, God gives the increase; and I have no patience with those who throw the blame on God when it belongs to themselves.

The secret to a happy marriage is patience and honesty. I really mean that. You have to be patient, you have to be open, and you also have to be available for criticism, too.

Bring me a constant woman to her husband, One that ne'er dream'd a joy beyond his pleasure, And to that woman, when she has done most, Yet will I add an honour-a great patience.

Patience is sottish, and impatience does become a dog that's mad.

So much saintlike patience cannot be good for anyone.

The hate which we all bear with the most Christian patience is the hate of those who envy us.

In the NBA, it's about patience.

One should feel inside oneself for right and wrong, and should have the patience to gradually realise one's God.

Few of us have the necessary unselfishness to hear with gladness the talents of others extolled or to listen with patience to the successes of those whom we despise—Vivian

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

Better grounded emotionally through patience, we become stronger mentally and spiritually, and tend to be healthier physically.

Patience is fine, but I'm not going to stop asking the Universe to make sense!

The rules of marriage were simple and easy to follow: faithfulness, patience, compromise. But there were no rules to divorce, or if there were, he had not yet discovered them.

I almost did the knee-jerk thing of saying Judge Judy is funny to me, but I just don't have the patience for the format of that show.

To toughen up, is to calm down.

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

Desire for an idea is like bait. When you're fishing, you have to have patience. You bait your hook, and then you wait. The desire is the bait that pulls those fish in-those ideas.

Like theatre, crafting a documentary film takes tremendous commitment, patience and passion.

We are ruled by chance but never have enough patience to accept its despotism.

I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.

Kindness and patience were always called for.

A woman may get to love by degrees—the best fire does not flare up the soonest.

Why is patience so important?""Because it makes us pay attention.