Quotes About Patience

Cross that bridge when you come to it

There is only one way to deal with a goat.

Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.

It seemed to Gilly that everything in this world that you can't stand to wait one extra minute for is always late.

I feel very silly saying to you, Tell me all about yourself, but I wish you would. I want to get to know you. That's not how you get to know people. Don't you know? You can't talk it out, you've got to live into their lives, bad and good. You'll know me soon enough. What I want you to know.

Always give God a chance to work.

This is another day, O Lord... If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly.

We've been here all along, the world seemed to say, waiting for you. What took you so long to find us? I

With very good reason, my favorite animal is the turtle.

fetch Lori from the airport. If only his

This is her power move: letting an alpha male keep talking and waiting patiently as he self-destructs.

In der Ruhe liegt die Kraft"—"There is strength in calm

Never trouble trouble, till trouble troubles you

clearly, I am going to need a lot more practice—practice in being present, practice in feeling my feelings and in letting them go, practice in loving, in accepting, and especially practice in holding those most dear to me with a lighter touch. At least I have learned this: It all is a practice. I just have to show up and keep on practicing. Breathe. Relax. Feel. Watch. Allow.

God wants us to have faith that does not complain while waiting, but rejoices because we know our times are in His hands ... hands that labour for our highest good.

Soldiers learn to eat and sleep whenever they have the chance, because you never know when you might have to move without warning. And it could be a long time between meals.

The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast you first must make it beautiful.

Th Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast you first must make it beautiful.

Two other patients were waiting for their doctors, which only added to my sense of indignity and embarrassment at finding myself with the roles reversed--character building, no doubt, but I was beginning to tire or all the opportunities to build character at the expense of peace, predictability, and a normal life.

I learned how marvelously the mind can heal, given half a chance, and how patience and gentleness can put back together the pieces of a horribly shattered world. What God had put asunder, an elemental salt, a first-rank psychiatrist, and a man's kindness and love could put almost right again.

character building, no doubt, but I was beginning to tire of all the opportunities to build character at the expense of peace, predictability, and a normal life.

Try not to let the fact that you can't read without effort annoy you. Be philosophical. Even if you could read, you probably wouldn't remember most of it anyway.

Time finally did bring relief. But it took its own, and not terribly sweet, time in doing so.

It's hard not to jump out instead of waiting to be found. It's hard to be alone so long and then hear someone come around. It's like some form of skin's developed in the air that, rather than have torn, you tear. Hide and Seek