Quotes About Patience

If you wait long enough, something will happen - there has never been a time when nothing happened.

The end of the world might be near, Isador said to her once, but we don't have to rush to reach it.

Joshua needed to eat something before embarking upon it, and hence stood in line behind an overtattooed prick who couldn't decide between banana and pumpkin bread, while the barista in a Che Guevara hat (yet presumably fluent in Middle fucking English) looked on indifferently.

Si potrebbe però, tanto nelle cose piccole, come nelle grandi, evitare, in gran parte, quel corso così lungo e così storto, prendendo il metodo proposto da tanto tempo, d'osservare, ascoltare, paragonare, pensare, prima di parlare. Ma parlare, questa cosa così sola, è talmente più facile di tutte quell'altre insieme, che anche noi, dico noi uomini in generale, siamo un po' da compatire.

The women urged him to be calm, patient, and prudent. "Tomorrow," Lucia said, "Padre Cristoforo will surely come, and you'll see for yourself that he'll find the kind of solution that we common folk cannot even imagine.

Most of this long and twisted course could have been avoided, however, in both lesser and greater affairs, if the tried and true methods of observing, listening, comparing, and thinking before speaking had been adopted. But speech, by itself, is so much easier than all the rest put together that we, too—by which I mean we humans in general—deserve a measure of indulgence. Skip

Ah!- diceva poi tra sè don Abbondio, tornato a casa: - se la peste facesse sempre e per tutto le cose in questa maniera, sarebbe proprio peccato il dirne male; quasi quasi ce ne vorrebbe una, ogni generazione; e si potrebbe stare a patti d'averla; ma guarire, ve'. -

God doesn't start miracles without finishing them.

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Doctors sometimes joke that if patients get good medical care, they will recover from the flu in a week. Without help, they'll need seven days.

numbers. "I'll be back with the phone in a few

Games–like life–are all about waiting for chances and then pouncing on them.

advice often comes when you least expect it, and listening, which costs nothing, is one of the most valuable things you can do.

There is nothing wrong with requiring time to consider a question or an argument and you can gain it without appearing to be a dithering idiot. I might say, 'I've never considered that angle – can I give it some thought?' By praising the other person's ability to make me think, I increased his willingness to wait for an answer.

I certainly found more virtue in patiently working towards the right decision as I got older. In my early days as a manager I could be impetuous - always in a hurry to get things done and stamp my authority on a situation. It takes courage to say, 'Let me think about it. When you're young you want to fly to the moon and you want to get there quickly. I think it's usually enthusiasm that causes this. As you get older you temper your enthusiasm with experience.

One aspect of team-building that often gets overlooked is the need for old-timers to have the necessary patience with newcomers.

Whenever you show up in a new role, it will not be long before you have to face trouble and a clash over something. There is nothing to be gained by stirring it up yourself. Trouble will find you quick enough.

Saber lo que es posible, establecer unas expectativas realistas y comunicarlas con la suficiente claridad para que tu equipo te siga, en especial en un entorno en el que todo el mundo quiere resultados inmediatos, es una de las aptitudes para el liderazgo más difíciles de conseguir.

when you're managing change, you have to accept the quieter spells and acknowledge that transformations take longer than a year.

Sometimes you wonder when your handsome prince is going to show up and rescue you.

It may not seem that way, but sometimes, things work out for the best

I can't go back and wait and wait...if [he] isn't going to come.

That was longer than a heartbeat.

The answer to most prayers is no.