Quotes About Patience

The point of eating is to slow down time

Laurence Chaderton, the moderate Puritan leader, once paused after two hours of a Cambridge sermon. The entire congregation stood up and shouted, 'For God's sake go on!' He gave them another hour.

Can I give her a choice about when to do something, rather than insisting upon "right now." ("Do you want to take your bath before your TV show or right after?")

We're all riding on our bubbles, she thinks, we're all waiting for the blessèd break.

Recall that one builds a labyrinth not to hide but to lie in wait.

The minutes ticked past. This is why peelers need a book. A wee paperback to stick in your pocket.

As the Russians say, getting what you want sometimes requires moving like the knight in chess: forward and to the left.

Is neamhbhuan cogadh na gcarad; má bhíonn sé crua, ní bhíonn sé fada

It was well before sunrise. But all you had to do was wait. Patience was a weapon. If you waited long enough, the dawn would come.

Marriage is like working in a coal mine. You hack away in the dark, day after day, busting rock, and you think you're not getting anywhere, and then all of a sudden, this little sliver of sunlight appears and you say to yourself, oh, that's what I've been waiting for--just a little light, just a little bit of hope--a sign, maybe, that will get me through. And...it does.

I've learned that it's fine to have expectations, and dreams are wonderful, but once in a while, it would be good to have something come my way without having to fight for it.

sometimes things don't always go the way we want this side of Heaven

You just do your best, and life will follow.

You'll always be my girl. You were from the first moment I saw you. You were sitting in church with your brothers. You were eight years old, and I was twelve, and I thought, I hope she waits for me. Lucia, I'll wait forever if I have to.

May God bless you and give you what you need because what you want will get you in trouble." Figliolo blessed himself. "The Cabrellis have always been fighters. You'll be all right.

There is a beehive under every pot of honey

The terrible things that happen to us in this life never make any sense when we're in the middle of them, floundering, no end in sight. There is no rope to hang on to, it

May God bless you and give you what you need because what you want will get you in trouble." Figliolo blessed

May God bless you and give you what you need because what you want will get you in trouble.

When Matelda was young, she chased time to get what she wanted. Now she chased time to hold on to it.

You cannot buy time when it has been stolen from you.

Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them

The reward of suffering is experience.

Only through suffering do we learn