Quotes About Patience

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

When you don't know what the answer is, you know *Who* the answer is.

I am sure that God keeps no one waiting unless he sees that it is good for him to wait.

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

Who seeks, and will not take, when once 'tis offer'd, Shall never find it more.

If you want the whole thing, the gods will give it to you. But you must be ready for it.

Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that Your will governs all.

The future is called 'perhaps,' which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.

God's delays are not God's denials.

If I listen long enough, the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.

When life takes away, something of greater value is always given in return.

No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward.

God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can't trace his hand, trust his heart.

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

Whining is anger through a small opening.

Let them push you, but do not push; Let them crucify you, but do not crucify. Let them insult, but do not insult. Let them slander, but do not slander. Be meek, and do not be zealous in evil.

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination.

Everything stinks till it's finished.

When you quit drinking you stop waiting.

Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it.