Quotes About Patience

Despite the ebb and flow of our feelings, we can control the way we act. Patience, for instance, is not a feeling. Patience is the description of a behavior. One can choose to act patiently even while the feeling of frustration tempts him to choose inappropriate behavior. It is impossible to feel frustrated and feel patient at the same time, but one can be inundated with feelings of frustration and still display patience. Patience is a discipline. It is an action. Patience is a chosen response.

Jones... I just don't understand. "Yes, I know that you don't," Jones replied, "but it's an odd thing you've been unable to grasp... See I'm not requiring you to understand. I am simply urging you to obey. For it is only when you obey that, eventually, you begin to understand

in the game of life, nothing is less important than the score at halftime. The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.

When faced with a decision, many people say they are waiting for God. But I understand, in most cases, God is waiting for me.

There are those who would say 'Let us be patient. Let us sit and wait upon the Almighty.' I say tot hem, "Get up! The Almighty is waiting on you!' Make no mistake, the Lord God instructs us; He leads us and inspires us, but He expects us to do something with the gifts we've been given. It is a choice that too few make.

Sometimes just to touch the ground is enough for me, even if not a single thing grows from what I plant.

The bigger the change we hope for, the longer we must be willing to invest, work for, and wait for it.

It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the time to read them; but one usually confuses the purchase of books with the acquisition of their contents.

I'm always on the lookout for something good about people. Often months go by.

So what's the deal with the desert? I don't know. But I do know the time between catching a glimpse of what God wants to do through us and the time when we are led to move out often feels like a desert experience. The desert always feels like a complete waste of time. It is only when we are able to look back that our desert experiences make sense.

The desert always feels like a complete waste of time. It is only when we are able to look back that our desert experiences make sense.

Our tendency is to pray for miracles. But in most situations, it is more appropriate to pray for opportunities. More than likely you need an opportunity rather than something

So, leveraging Jesus' teaching on love, Paul gives us the grown-up version of what love really is. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (1 CORINTHIANS 13:4 – 8)

Patience is the decision to move at someone else's pace rather than pressure him or her to match yours. Patience

you want me to follow you on a journey, you have to come get me. The journey must begin where I am, not where you are or where you think I should be.

patience is simply a way of putting the other person first. Patience is an expression of submission. Your

It is amazing what can be accomplished when we wait on God to lead us out. It is equally amazing the mess we can make of things when we charge out on our own.

While Paul was a man of great faith, he was not a man of great patience or tolerance for those who opposed the gospel. But that was okay. God didn't choose him for his manners.

Our tendency is to pray for miracles. But in most situations, it is more appropriate to pray for opportunities.

The idea of waiting for something makes it more exciting

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

Te llaman porvenir porque no vienes nunca. Te llaman: porvenir, y esperan que llegues como un animal manso a comer en su mano. Pero tú permaneces más allá de las horas, agazapado no se sabe dónde. ...Mañana! Y mañana será otro día tranquilo un día como hoy, jueves o martes, cualquier cosa y no eso que esperamos aún, todavía, siempre.

Jumping to conclusions rarely gets us anywhere we want to be.