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Quotes About Patience

Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:30, 31 NIV
~ Ann Parker
When a woman's face is wrinkled And her hairs are sprinkled, With gray, Lackaday! Aside she's cast, No one respect will pay; Remember, Lasses, remember. And while the sun shines make hay: You must not expect in December, The flowers you gathered in May.
~ Ann Rinaldi
I only know that one day you wake up and realize it doesn't hurt quite so much. Until then you can put yourself in the hands of God- He'll see you through. You can take it from someone who knows, dear. I've found his hands to be an easy place to rest.
~ Ann Tatlock
There's a story unfolding with a definite beginning and an eventual end, and even though we can't begin to imagine what the whole plot is, and we can hardly even see beyond the present moment, someday we're going to see and understand all of it. For now, we trust. Later, we'll know.
~ Ann Tatlock
We can be content in whatever situation we're in, as long as we trust the Lord for what's good for us.
~ Ann Tatlock
Take a minute, take a breath, and remember—God's still on His throne. He's always in control, even when we want to be. And sometimes his blessings of provision bring more work, more responsibility and more joy than we can imagine.
~ Ann Tatlock
you are many years late; how happy I am to see you
~ Anna Akhmatova
I'm happy. But some beauty is nonesuch - The gently sloping path across the wood, The wretched bridge that's just a little skewed And that, for which, I won't be waiting much.
~ Anna Akhmatova
But marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just don't put the work and the effort into it. You've got to suck up your ego a lot of times, because that can be a big downfall.
~ Anna Benson
You have got to play the game with the cards that have been dealt to you, and it is of no use for you to bewail your fate because you don't hold different ones. Look them over, arrange them, and play. You certainly must play them before you will get any others, and you need never expect to have other people's cards.
~ Anna C. Brackett
It gradually dawned on him that he needed time and an ocean of love to heal the wounds of the past.
~ Anna Campbell
He didn't wait for her to finish. He never did. A habit unacceptable in a husband.
~ Anna Campbell
Me dieron ganas de cogerle la mano o el brazo mientras él miraba toda esa belleza babeando, como un pobre chucho flaco ante un hueso súper jugoso pero fuera de su alcance, y decirle bajito: Volveremos... Te prometo que volveremos... ¡Levanta la cabeza, Franck! Te prometo que algún día volveremos... Y nos quedaremos para siempre...
~ Anna Gavalda
How could you let yourself be sidetracked while I was waiting for your breath on my back?
~ Anna Gavalda
Quand j'arrive à la gare de l'Est, j'espère toujours secrètement qu'il y aura quelqu'un pour m'attendre. C'est con. J'ai beau savoir que ma mère est encore au boulot à cette heure-là et que Marc est pas du genre à traverser la banlieue pour porter mon sac, j'ai toujours cet espoir débile. [...] Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part... C'est quand même pas compliqué.
~ Anna Gavalda
Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part
~ Anna Gavalda
Dalton. We don't know where the others are. They were just behind us. I think we'd better wait for them.' 'I saw a cart pull out in front of them,' Sophie said. 'It'll have slowed them down.' Mr Lloyd looked round, frowning. 'No one's come to the door to check what we're
~ Anna Jacobs
and it can't wait.
~ Anna Jacobs
To wait - only to wait - without even the final merciful deprivation of hope. Sometimes I think that some secret court must have tried and condemned me, unheard, to this heavy sentence.
~ Anna Kavan
I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard.
~ Anna Kendrick
Let me here, Content and grateful, wait the appointed time, And ripen for the skies: the hour will come When all these splendours bursting on my sight Shall stand unveiled, and to my ravished sense Unlock the glories of the world unknown.
~ Anna Letitia Barbauld
Cora ci stava mettendo gli spaghetti nel piatto, e lui disse « basta » dopo due forchettate. Non mangiava molto, come tutti gli ambiziosi. Sapeva che il mangiare addormenta.
~ Anna Maria Ortese
Lot's of things in life aren't right, but most things get better with time.
~ Anna Myers
But the important thing about learning to wait, I feel sure, is to know what you are waiting for.
~ Anna Neagle