Quotes About Patience

Inability is a disaster; patience is bravery; abstinence is a treasure, self-restraint is a shield; and the best companion is submission to Divine Will.

Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.

I want to be bored. But I can't. But I really don't want to be this thing that I'm having to be instead of being bored.

Sometimes, he says, we don't know why people do what they do. But we can only do our best, the best we can do, in response, and try to be as good-humoured as possible while we do it.

Livslånga vänskaper, sa han. Ibland får vi vänta en livstid på dem.

they were always, she was always, gloriously, just a little late, it made everything worth hurrying for)

Los amigos de toda la vida, dijo él. A veces nos pasamos toda la vida esperándolos.

Steel Watch

I'm not interested in being insulted," Maeniel said. "I'm interested in being full. I'm hungry. Insult me after dinner, then I will have time for you.

Writing is waiting. That's the whole of it. If you sit in your chair not doing anything else for long enough, the answer will come. You do have to be in your chair, though, ready to write it down.

Maud had taught her how to go to sleep, and how to put herself back to sleep at night if she awoke. It was a great accomplishment, but no one wanted to hear about the triumphant work of mothers. It was a taken-for-granted form of labor, worth little to no money. She had to pat her own back for that.

What makes me sad about school is that the people who are unhappy are unhappy because they don't believe it will change. And I just want to say: 'It does! High school ends and it's over.' I will tell anyone that it's OK to be unhappy at school, make lots of mistakes and then it will be over.

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.

Its inscription, "Time waits for No Man," is an old punning device on the word gnomon. At

There is a limit to the amount of misery and disarray you will put up with, for love, just as there is a limit to the amount of mess you can stand around a house. You can't know the limit beforehand, but you will know when you've reached it. I believe this.

All my life Since I was 10 I've been waiting to be in this hell here with you All I've ever wanted And still do

All my life, since I was ten, I've been waiting to be in this hell here with you; all I've ever wanted, and still do.

I don't want to bother anyone anymore, I try to stay still.

the hour has not yet ended in which under a cloth of laurel I sat quite still.

YOU MUST NEVER SLEEP UNDER A MAGNOLIA when the tree begins to flower like a glimpse of Flesh when the flower begins to smell as if its roots have reached the layer of Thirst upon the unsealed jar of Joy Alice, you should never sleep under so much pure pale so many shriek-mouthed blooms as if Patience had run out of Patience

But it was difficult, this living in real time only, and not diluting it by looking back or skipping forward. No wonder it's never really caught on with most people, I thought. It's just too hard.

In fact, most things that threaten to last forever often become quite annoying.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.