Quotes About Patience

I think I should be allowed to be only fair, or even mediocre, for a while.

I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children.

Sure, Death was going to find him sooner or later, but it seemed as though Death were taking the scenic route to get there.

A minimum of three and a half hours. Probably closer to five." The vent's valve mechanism was meant to be serviced from the other side. It took half an hour of fighting to find a decent angle with the wrench and remove the bolts. She finally managed to tug it loose, at which point she had to spend another twenty minutes using her torch to cut the damned thing into smaller pieces so she could get it out of her way.

Be ready to walk away. Remember, you only want this deal, you do not need this deal.

Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up and turn toward the light and that makes them beautiful.

A lot of good love can happen in ten years.

As far as I can tell, it's just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass.

Faith in the endgame helps you live through the months or years of buildup.

Their boundless faith in their philosophy, a faith strong enough to move mountains and very soothing to depressed feelings, that no human beings and no animals can die before their appointed time, and that the man-eater's time had not yet come

I despaired at the thought that my life might slip by without seeing God show himself mightily on our behalf.

We like to control the map of our life and know everything well in advance. But faith is content just knowing that God's promise cannot fail. This, in fact, is the excitement of walking with God.

The hardest part of faith is often simply to wait. And the trouble is, if we don't, then we start to fix the problem ourselves - and that makes it worse. We complicate the situation to the point where it takes God much longer to fix it than if we had quietly waited for his working in the first place.

When we talk to ourselves, we're not talking to anyone very smart, because our outlook is very limited. But if we talk to God, we're talking to someone who knows everything. He knows what he promised in the beginning, and he knows exactly how to fulfill those promises no matter the circumstances.

If you have been waiting for an answer to prayer for a long time, remember that long waits often occur right before the biggest mountains come down.

Many times in life, God waits while a situation goes from bad to worse. He appears to let it slip over the edge, so that you and I say, "There's no way now for this ever to work out." But that is the point when the omnipotent God intervenes in our hopelessness and says, "Oh, really? Watch this...!

you just had to be still and have faith, that was the main thing.

The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.

God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with him.

When we do discipline without showing frustration, the odds for success increase in a very big way.

Anger Short-Circuits Learning

Trying to reason with kids who are emotionally upset is a waste of good air.

What we will allow—"Feel free to join us for your next meal as soon as the lawn is mowed." What we will do—"I'll be glad to read you a story as soon as you've finished your bath." What we will provide—"You may eat what is served, or you may wait and see if the next meal appeals to you more.

Don't let less-than-perfect circumstances keep you from trusting God.