Quotes About Patience

You can hardly convince a man of an error in a lifetime, but must content yourself with the reflection that the progress of science is slow. If he is not convinced, his grandchildren may be.

Andrade [who was looking after wartime inventions] is like an inverted Micawber, waiting for something to turn down.

Science is to be much commended for the ingenuity, the patience, and the persistency it displays in the invention of instruments wherewith to ferret out the secrets of nature.

Think of a ball of steel as large as the world, and a fly alighting on it once every million years. When the ball of steel is rubbed away by the friction, eternity will not even have begun.

Every medicine is vain.

... tree has had a stroke, and its top dies. A redwood can deal with a stroke. It simply grows a new top in a few centuries.

A butterfly has landed on a patch of milk parsley. Wings held vertically so it's not going anywhere - for the time being. Once he would have leant across and seized it. Now he'll let it fly.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz

No status change, we hold our fire.

Nothing is harder on the nerves than hope.

i can wait wait wait..to go to the other side of life..but dis wait seems like d rainbow in the night..so dat u have to wonder about the presence of sun in no light

Every day we are challenged by events, people and situations that are extremely frustrating and anger producing.

By the time the Somnambulist had set her creaking bones to rest on their assigned landing pad, Holden had lost all patience with human stupidity.So, of course, it came out to meet him.

Feeling lurks in that interval of time between desire and its consummation.

Mundane, boring stories--not interesting ones--are the ideal in an operating room.

Slow down to speed up. Anonymous

Someday, everything will make perfect sense. So for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears, be strong and keep reminding your self that everything happens for a reason.

People often ask me why don't you have a girlfriend. Then I smile and say: I have thousands some just haven't met me yet

When someone is rude, keep a smile on your face. when you stay on the high road.

Don't forget to smile in any situation. As long as you are alive, there will be better things later, and there will be many.

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

Smile, breathe and go slowly." - Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Zen monk, author and peace activist.

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.

I've always been in a mindset where I can lose a K but still smile cuz I know it's coming back another day.