Quotes About Patience

Excellence does not come easily or quickly-- an excellent education does not, a successful mission does not, a strong, loving marriage does not, rewarding personal relationships do not. It is simply a truism that nothing very valuable can come without significant sacrifice, effort, and patience on our part.

Trust God, and believe in good things to come.

Hold fast to what you already know and stand strong until additional knowledge comes. You have more faith than you think you do.

When making decisions, God expects us to pray, trust, and be believing and then not give up, panic, or "jump ship" when something doesn't seem to be going right.

Stay in the race. Keep running. Keep walking. Keep praying. The Lord will renew your strength.

To those who are trying hard and living right and things still seem burdensome and difficult, I say, take heart. Others have walked that way before you.

Hold on. Keep trying. God loves you. Things will improve.

People like the Koch brothers and the Coors beer family and other tycoons like that -- they're taking the long view, and this is what the long view is. They are diabolically patient. And they've already gotten way more of what they wanted than they ever dreamed possible. This is the real corporate coup, slow but sure. And the tank has been slowly but surely crushing us at least since Reagan, possibly even since Carter. Every once in a while they step on the gas.

UGH. Boys. They're like French class--no matter how much I study, I'll never be fluent in the language.

Maybe not getting what she wanted gave her everything she wanted after all.

You must tell him not to worry so much," her mother said. "What is meant to be will be." "I know.I'm sure he does as well, Tomally, but sometimes the future feels so far away," Freya said. "Then focus on now," Anna said. "Right now you're doing something fun with me.

Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory.

Our only hope to speak with kindness, to lead with patience, and to not threaten our children with homicide is to ensure our spiritual reserves are not bone-dry. Moms are the middle of the flow chart; the arrows of exertion flow constantly out from us, but when no arrows of strength, grace, and peace are flowing in, the whole mechanism is in danger. Goodness in equals goodness out.

At family gatherings where you suddenly feel homicidal or suicidal, remember that in half of all cases, it's a miracle that this annoying person even lived. Earth is Forgiveness School. You might as well start at the dinner table. That way, you can do this work in comfortable pants.1 — ANNE LAMOTT

Marriage is no place to be inordinately sensitive. We cannot prickle over every little thing. Learn to hold the biting remark, the wounded reaction, the irritated retort. Married tongues should be shredded with the amount of ugly words bitten back. Everything cannot be a big deal, because when the big deals actually happen, we're too worn-out to handle them.

Serving together revolutionized our marriage. If one is ahead, prioritize patience and nag-resistance. God isn't a wedge between spouses; if you aren't walking side by side, I believe God will wait for you both. Press Pause. Don't give the spiritual depth to your church or friends and leave housekeeping leftovers for your man. Grow together, learn together, seek together, serve together. This is the most eternal portion of your union; treat it with utmost care.

When Jesus' followers asked what to do about the weeds in the harvest field, He said to treat them the same as the wheat, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them' (Matthew 13:29)... We are only qualified to administer mercy, not judgment, because we will pull up many a beautiful stalk of wheat, imagining him a weed.

Jesus was tender toward brokenness but impatient toward egotism.

We can't deliver folks from their pits, but we can sure get in there with them until God does.

Be patient - let yourself unfurl one delicate leaf at a time.

Don't compare your beginning to someone else's middle.

Success = a series of small, consistent, loving steps.

You have nothing to gain by freaking out.

It made me think of the way so many of us live our lives. We can see what we want, and nearly kill ourselves trying to get it in a way that's not working. Meanwhile, if we just stopped, got quiet for a minute or two, and looked at things a little differently, we'd notice the door to what we want being held open for us by the nice lady in the bathrobe across the room. Then all we'd have to do is fly through it.