Quotes About Patience

One listens to one's lawyer prattle on as long as one can stand it and then signs where indicated.

Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it.

Life doesn't always go the way you planned it to go. Sometimes you have detours you have to take.

As time goes on, you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things. And what time can't solve, you have to solve yourself.

Because life doesn't always happen according to a timetable or calendar. And feelings can't be scheduled.

I encourage everyone to know that God has a plan for their life and that God never makes a mistake even though it seems like He is not listening or paying attention sometimes.

As long as there is life there is hope.

There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine.

The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count. Everyone's so busy waiting in the Waiting Place. If we stopped to remember that there's such a thing as a Purina Tower, we'd all be happier.

I prayed maybe he hadn't seen me after all, that maybe he'd taken off after a sinner or a squirrel, instead.

Not gold, not flowing. Standing still.

Maybe in time. There's always time

As long as you live, there's always something waiting.

I have this feeling, ever since April, like I'm waiting for something. But I have no idea what.

just be careful implies that there's an end to it all, maybe in an hour, maybe in three years, but an end just the same.

Im used to slowing down so that everyone else can catch up

Die meisten Menschen vergessen, dass es häufig die kleinen Dinge sind, die zählen. Alle sind so damit beschäftigt, an Orten des Wartens zu warten.

I realized that as bad as it is not to know, the not knowing is something too. You can still do something with that.

When you first look down, you see everything — and nothing. It's as if your eyes can see only grayness. But if you tell yourself that there's treasure at your feet, your eyes will begin to see differences in the shades of gray: silvery cracks, charcoal pebbles, ashy litter. Then, when you find your first glimmering coin, your brain will understand exactly what you want, and it will start to find coins everywhere. It just takes patience.

Nabir nodded. "What's first?" "Footwork." "Footwork! But I learned footwork nearly two years ago!" "Didn't learn much, did you?" Then, more kindly, "Or maybe you've just forgotten." It did exactly as I expected. It shut the boy up.

When Thomas Hobbes called life "nasty, brutish, and short," he was describing life during war, but it applies equally well to life with small children (as well as to the children themselves). Like war, it manages to be both boring and exhausting. Day after day, there's nothing to do and so much to get done.

Tomorrow, or when you feel better, we'll go to the store and buy you all the things you need.

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.

To make films is as boring as watching paint dry. You usually have to do tiny bits here and there. You go off waiting for lighting, you come back - the energy dies. You hope you can find someone who can keep it going.