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Quotes About Patience

Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
~ Mae West
Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
~ Mae West
Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else
~ Mae West
Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child. Earlier is not better
~ Magda Gerber
Instead of a last-gasp sprint, death can be a marathon.
~ Unknown
Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.
~ Maggie Gallagher
Stop working against the world, I counseled myself. Love the one you're with. Love the color green. But I did not love the green, nor did I want to have to love it or pretend to love it. The most I can say is that I abided it.
~ Maggie Nelson
She liked the way his smile took a long time to arrive and just as long to leave.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
You need a plan," she hears—or seems to hear—her old nurse, Sofia, say, from a place near her elbow. "To lose your temper is to lose the battle.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
To lose your temper is to lose the battle.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
The previous day and the day yet to come hang in a balance, each waiting for the other to make a move.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
He is momentarily filled with a kind of pity for his son. What a task lies ahead of him: to learn literally everything.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
Oh,' she burst out. 'I hate this—I hate it.' 'What?' 'Just—this. I feel as though I'm waiting for something and I'm getting scared it might never come.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
Never chase a man, her mother had told her. No good will come of it.
~ Maggie O'Farrell
Was there no hope? the tigress seemed to be asking her. Will I always remain here? Will I never return home?
~ Maggie O'Farrell
complicated pruning techniques. In reality, roses are no more difficult to grow than any other shrub or flower. But just as other plants need some
~ Maggie Oster
roses are no more difficult to grow than any other shrub or flower. But just as other plants need
~ Maggie Oster
Life is long. Things can resume.
~ Unknown
She's got a hair-trigger temper and paper-thin patience and a black panther for a pet.
~ Maggie Shayne
You should slow down. Learn to enjoy the journey. You never really get where you're going, anyway.
~ Maggie Shayne
To abstain from speaking is regarded as very difficult. It is not possible to say much that is valuable and striking.*
~ Unknown
Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.
~ Mahalia Jackson
closing your eyes in dark is better than weeping for any thing without any conclusion
~ Unknown
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
~ Mahatma Gandhi