Quotes About Patience

A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

Strange how, after deciding to take life as one finds it, life comes fawning to one's hand.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

Hard wood grows slowly. Be thoughtful about the shape you want to grow into, and be mindful that there is no shortcut to strength and character. Have the patience to allow yourself and your goals to develop.

Swiftness, intelligence can win a match. But patience is the real necessary skill.

Life's too short to be mad.

I think the most important thing for you to do in the meantime is live. It is a very involving job, which takes much concentration and practice.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.

He who puts up with insult invites injury.

Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.

You have to hang in there, because two or three years later, the gremlins will return your child, and he will be wonderful again.

Yet Morgan was surprisingly patient. As an investment banker who had backed many railroads, which were continually absorbing new technologies, he seemed quite accepting that problems large and small were inevitable.

Maybe one day it would happen. Maybe one day her life would start going according to plan instead of spluttering and stalling like some clapped-out old banger.

After a few seconds, she opened one eye and glanced at her fellow teachers. "What do I do next?" she asked earnestly

Experience is something you get… after you need it.

I spent years being angry with God because He never gave me the husband I wanted. All those years gone, wasted! I should have enjoyed each day as it came and recognized that if I remained single it was because God knew singleness was best for me.

Sometimes you have to say, 'Today's just not my day.

Be brave and be patient. Have faith in yourself; trust in the significance of your life and the purpose of your passion. You are strong enough to sit in the space between spaces and allow divine inspiration to shed some light. When you put positive energy and productive effort into the world it will come back to you. Occasionally in ways you might not immediately understand and on a time frame you didn't expect. Look. Listen. Learn. Stay open. Your destiny is awaiting you.

the looniness of the long distance runner - pounding along country lanes, so anxious to lop off seconds he never stops to marvel at a field of buttercups or a flock of geese against the sky.

Kissing the frog to get the prince is a waste of a perfectly good frog.

Chess is a very interesting game, and like so many interesting games, it is not in any way fun. It looks like four horses lost amongst a variety of pepper mills and salt shakers, and the objective is to remain awake longer than your opponent.

Impatience is a particularly dangerous habit of the heart because everything worthwhile takes time. Good marriages take time. Spiritual maturity takes time. Financial stability takes time. Effective ministry takes time. Wisdom takes time. People who are not willing to take time cannot have any of the above.

A friend asked what he thought of marriage, and Lincoln said quietly: "My father always said, when you make a bad bargain, hug it the tighter.