Quotes About Patience

But you should go to bed." "With your ladyship's permission, I'd like to stay up until Lord Remarc telephones again.

All his life he would cherish the memory of an endless caravan of camels alongside the railway line, the laden beasts plodding patiently through the snow, ignoring the twentieth century as it hurtled past them in a clash of iron and a shriek of steam.

Solo te pido una cosa —insistió—, no puedes perder la esperanza.

Cuando esté a punto de recibir una negativa, he de conseguir un aplazamiento.

How glibly he and Maud had said, back in August 1914, that they would be reunited by Christmas! It was now more than two years since he had looked at her lovely face. And it was probably going to take Germany another two years to win the war.

quick to comfort and advise, slow to command or punish.

Confía en Alá, pero ata tu camello.»

pero es una carta que solo se juega una vez, y prefiero reservarla para una mano ganadora.

para que esculpiera por anticipado piedras

Los años parecen pasar con más rapidez a medida que te vas haciendo mayor.

hasta que el asunto se haya aclarado.

Se preguntó cuánto tiempo más tardaría en sobreponerse.

Una de las mejores cualidades de aquél era su habilidad para mantenerse callado cuando debía hacerlo.

pero lo sobrellevaba con paciencia y estoicismo.

Bishop Waleran's words sounded again in his mind: This is what comes of your damned arrogance, Philip. The accusation cut him to the quick because he thought it might be true. He was always pushing for more, better, faster. ... In each case the result had been tragedy.... Clearly ambition was to blame. Monks did better to live a life of resignation, accepting the tribulations and setbacks of this world as lessons in patience, taught by the Almighty.

La costumbre de saltarse posiciones en la lista estaba tan extendida que la mayoría de los moscovitas creían que nadie podía llegar al primer puesto limitándose a esperar. Un

Then he told himself to be calm: this took place a thousand times a day all over the world. He did not need to understand it. The baby would come without his help.

Monks did better to live a life of resignation, accepting the tribulations and setbacks of this world as lessons in patience, taught by the Almighty.

Pray for miracles, but plant cabbages.

Seguir con lo que se está haciendo usualmente parece un sacrificio, pero casi nunca lo es.

unresolved status is intolerable.

Habrá que cruzar ese puente cuando se llegue a él.

Marvelous wonders don't have to happen of a sudden, the way they do in the Arabian Nights. They can also take a long time, like crystals growing, or minds changing, or leaves turning. The trick is to keep an eye peeled, so they don't slip by unappreciated.

The same old rain, and, if not welcomed, at least accepted—an old gray aunt who came to visit every winter and stayed till spring. You learn to live with her. You learn to reconcile yourself to the little inconveniences and not get annoyed. You remember she is seldom angry or vicious and nothing to get in a stew about, and if she is a bore and stays overlong you can train yourself not to notice her, or at least not to stew about her. Which