Quotes About Patience

I embraced, I think, the process of becoming No. 1 of the world, which was long and difficult, but it's sweeter in the end.

My dad is one of the sweetest human beings around. He's so patient with people and has so many ideas that he's so much fun to work with.

It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that is the way to bet.

Democracy is rarely easy, nor swift.

It takes a while to master the art of hammock-lounging. At first I could only manage five minutes or so before I thought I ought to get out and go and help a child learn how to swim or something. But after observing the Mexicans' capability for staring into space for hours on end, I decided to put in some proper practice.

I had a lot of ear infections when I was younger, so I didn't learn to swim until I was about 14.

Sometimes I chase, but I'd rather swing at a close pitch than take it for strike three.

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing.

The funny thing about the golf swing is that you try to alter it and end up with the same faults as you've had all your life.

I'm understanding how to use my swing and working in the cage every day to repeat what I'm doing. Just not trying to do too much.

All I really think about is, 'Don't try to kick the ball too hard,' because a lot of times when I missed kicks, it was because I tried to kill it. I just try to think of a smooth swing, being slow and under control, and making the kick.

You take a couple of days off, and your swing is going to be off. I think it takes 15, 20 at-bats to really feel comfortable again.

Your longest drives will come when you feel you're swinging at 75 percent.

I kind of realized that when I take more pitches I put better swings on them.

When you're going into a game, you're not expected to hit a home run every game. You're just doing everything proper with proper swings.

I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly. It's swings and roundabouts.

There was a lot of times when I was busking there were a lot of people in your face, like 'More, more! Go again, again, again!'... People were so used to be able to swipe to see something different to entertain themselves that the patience had diminished.

I have built already seven very large railway stations: one in Italy; two in Belgium; and in France, and in Switzerland, in Portugal, and also in the United States. And what happens is that stations are not things that come from one day to another, it takes many years.

I come from theatre and there have been roles where my job was to stand in the corner, with a sword in my hands, for two hours. And I was happy doing that.

My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how to read - she read words rather than syllables. And as a result of that, when I entered school, it took me a long time to learn how to write.

I make sure my lip sync is correct. It's a long process. But I enjoy it.

Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.

People with Down syndrome can do anything. They just do it at their own pace. Give them a chance, and you will be rewarded beyond your greatest expectations.

Sometimes you just have to calm down a little bit and let the system work itself.