Quotes About Patience

Its important to be comfortable with uncertainty.

Just as books are read one word at a time, roads are taken one step at a time.

If spring never comes, does that mean summer won't either? How will the crops grow when the fields are covered with snow?

You may be thinking that a bag is just a thing in which to put other things. And you're right, of course. But that's what makes them so extraordinary. A bag has no intentions or desires of its own, it embraces every object that we ask it to hold. You trust the bag, and it, in return, trusts you. To me, a bag is patience; a bag is profound discretion.

I watch the people coming up from the shore road, staring at every girl with even the slightest resemblance to you, and then turning away when I realize my mistake. I perform this ritual over and over, never growing tired. I would gladly repeat my error a thousand times, two thousand times, if it means finding you, you who are wholly unique. Finally, I am at a loss to distinguish between the desire to see you as soon as possible and the pleasant prospect of waiting forever.

Having written this phrase, I set down my pencil. My new novel wasn't going very well. I seemed to be writing in circles, going backward, or running into dead ends, with no idea what should come next. Still, I often encountered this sort of writer's block, and I no longer took much notice of it.

Y el tiempo no obedece a órdenes

Time is a great healer. It just flows on all of its own accord.

Jika lawanmu tidak ingin pedangnya diambil, jangan berkeras mengambilnya.

I tend to avoid writing music about initial reactions to situations, like frustration or anger. I'd rather wait till I go through the problem, and write about the learning that took place.

Creo que no me estás escuchando;-parecería que tienes prisa. Cierto, sí, todos tenemos prisa de que el otro calle para poder hablar nosotros. Y cada uno de nosotros no oye sino sus propias palabras. ¿Qué importancia tienen las palabras? Sólo la acción se cuenta y cuenta -como siempre subrayabas.

Isabelle had the patience of those who believe that tomorrow belongs to them.

there's a very well-known method for getting women, everybody knows it, it's not to say a word.

Tolstoy's wife copied out the entire manuscript of War and Peace in longhand seven times.

A new planting is like having another child, requiring patience and sacrifice and a resounding optimism for the future

A type of humility marks a real farmer. Those of us who battle nature all year must ultimately accept the had we're dealt.

Oswald's approach to the future was simple: "Trust God and do the next thing.

God can create roads where we see only obstacles.

A large oak tree is just a little nut that refused to give up.

If you need all the answers to trust God, you are not really trusting God.

My dear, your intuition may very well be right." He met her eyes directly. "But perhaps you have to allow things to unfold of their own accord. You can't force a rosebud to open by plucking at its petals. Sometimes, you must wait for nature to take its course, for the other person to see reality for himself.

doing things well is generally more important than doing them quickly.

Announcing your plans is a good way to hear god laugh

Patience often surrenders to time, and dreams go unfulfilled - act as if time is fleeting, as it is.