Quotes About Patience

Something I miss terribly from the '60s - the most important phrase in the English language was, 'I got hung up.' Somebody says they got hung up, it's unassailable, you know? You don't go near that. Whoa! I know what that can be like.

I felt perhaps 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' was a little premature. It was a huge hit around the world - it was still running in the theatres - and the Americans at that time were already shooting the remake, and I was like, 'Whoa! Give it a break of five or six years and get a little inspired, and then do it.'

Whoever wants to reach a distant goal must take many small steps.

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player.

I'm still far away from the person I want to be, but whoever this is for now, she's all right.

I need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do a process together. I want to do the best for him. I need his respect and his patience. I want to work with a sophisticated person who's interested in a good building and not in my name.

I took over from Sir Alex, and it was always going to take time, whoever was in charge.

When I was in high school, I used to pray about whoever my future spouse was going to be.

I'm always a bit late, but I don't mind that, because it means that whoever I'm meeting is already there.

We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.

Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.

If you never give up and you strive hard and focus on every move like a chess game, you will make it. I believe that wholeheartedly.

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.

Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.

We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore.

This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff. I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.

We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend.

If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.

There are three lessons in philanthropy - one, involve the family, especially the spouse. She can be a remarkable driver of your initiative. Two, you need to build an institution, and you need to scale it up. Choose a leader for philanthropy whom you trust. Three, philanthropy needs patience, tenacity and time.

If you can believe this, I didn't fight for my first world title fight till I had 58 fights, so I really appreciated what I was fighting for and for whom as well.

All things good come to those for whom the Good is all things.

I've been lucky to find people who want to work with me, whom I respect and like, but the truth is there aren't that many good projects out there. And we make way, way too many movies. So it's not always going to happen with every project. But I try and wait it out.

Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit. It may not happen fully till after I'm gone. But I know that the steps we're taking are the right steps.

Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.