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Quotes About Patience

After you plant a seed in the ground, you don't dig it up every week to see how it is doing
~ William J. Coyne
The world will not wait for us.
~ Bob Hawke
There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.
~ Chuck Tanner
To lead people, walk behind them.
~ Laozi
A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.
~ Ovid
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
God has been preparing me for what God had prepared for me.
~ Johnny Hunt
Listen more than you talk.
~ Jeff Henderson
Rather than having small smart tricks to get by, focus on holding on and persevering.
~ Jack Ma
Don't talk too much. Don't pop off. Don't talk after the game until you cool off.
~ Bear Bryant
The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now
~ Zig Ziglar
Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.
~ Seth Godin
A leader can't dash ahead around the bend out of sight.
~ Herman Wouk
The wise leader speaks rarely and briefly. After all, no other natural outpouring goes on and on. It rains and then it stops. It thunders and then it stops.
~ John Heider
Leadership is like exercise. Do it everyday, the results take time but you will see them. It's the little things.
~ Simon Sinek
Human growth is not like rhubarb. It can be nurtured and encouraged but it cannot be forced.
~ Andy Hargreaves
Walking makes us take problems in our stride.
~ Andy Hargreaves
To lead people, you must follow behind.
~ Lao Tzu
There is no law against delaying action to weigh it in thought.
~ Unarine Ramaru
Learning to play golf is like learning to play the violin. It's not only difficult to do, it's very painful to everyone around you.
~ Hal Linden
Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.
~ Izaak Walton
In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.
~ Doris Lessing
I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I'm not very patient myself. But I think that I've learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it's the right time.
~ Bernard Arnault
A pretty girl will always have the toughest time learning to play golf, because every man wants to give her lessons.
~ Harvey Penick