Quotes About Patience

He'd been crazy about her for more years than he cared to admit. Unfortunately, he knew nothing would ever come of it, so he would have to settle for proximity and hope that like a mold or a fungus, he would eventually grow on her.

Until a person has failed significantly or missed the boat, they will not know how to hold the tension until the right moment or how to test the waters before pushing on.

Life must not be spent always hoping, always waiting. Life is for living. -Kensuke

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

I can live on thin rations but not without hope

Take time. Look at it as a 'journey of discovery.' The more time you invest in preparing, the easier it is to complete your journey. A Chinese proverb says, "Wait long and strike fast.

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.

Remember, your dad loves you and he always wanted more for you than he ever wanted for himself. And if he pushes your buttons, just tell yourself that he's a master at doing that because he's the one who installed them in the first place.

Te îndr?goste?ti de ea? - E prea devreme s? îmi dau seama.

But then where is she? It's a simple question but once it's been asked, a floodgate of questions follow: What if something's happened?

sun sinking, sky filling with pink and orange light, great expanses of land just sitting, seemingly waiting for the return of big creatures to make it small again.

New Father will go glottal, scrotal, and ballistic on someone driving twenty-seven in a twenty-five-mile-an-hour zone when Baby is astronauted in the backseat.

There's immeasurable glory in riding a tractor. You start by taking a lap around the fields, smelling the aroma, admiring the colors, day after day, until one morning everything smells ready, as if it's opened and unfurled, and you ask the wheat, 'Is it time?' And the wheat says, 'Yes, friend, it's time.' And then you know to begin the harvest.

As long as parents remain consistent, the child will consistently obey. This "obedience training" is conducted with quiet patience. The spanking is not punishment and is not very painful. It merely gives weight to your words.

There was no hastiness or anger in his response. He did not take the disobedience personally. He had trained many horses and mules and knew the value of patient perseverance. In the end, the twelve-month-old submitted his will to his father, sat as he was placed, and became content—even cheerful. He was now ready to quietly sit through three hours of the most boring church service a sleeping patriarch ever attended.

"How long does it take to learn poker, Dad?" "All your life, son."

The best things are never arrived at in haste. God is in no hurry; His plans are never rushed.

Somewhere a cicada conversed irritably with the night, then fell silent.

If he only made three miles a day, so be it. Better to have those three miles behind him than ahead.

Avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. —Rom. 12:19

Faith is the ability to endure.

a cat was observed in a veterinarian's waiting area sitting patiently on a leash, held by a human. Whoever you are, you had better cut it out.

Second, with determination and focus, it is possible to wait for the moment when the human puckers up to blow. At that instant, spit the pill the short distance into the human's mouth. See how well they like it.

Remember, the worst hour of your life only lasts for sixty minutes. (292)