Quotes About Patience

Nunca, hasta que sea vieja y no pueda moverme más que con un bastón. No intentes hacerme crecer antes de tiempo Meg; bastante duro es ya verte cambiar a ti de repente. Déjame ser niña todo el tiempo que pueda.

No, dear, we cannot see or know many things that grieve us very much, but we can trust that it is right, and try to believe that all is meant for our good. That is what faith means, and without it we are miserable. When you were little, you were afraid of the dark, but if I spoke or touched you, then you were sure all was well, and fell asleep holding my hand. God is wiser and stronger than any father or mother, so hold fast to Him, and you will have no doubt or fear, however dark it seems.

Well, we can't have it, so don't let us grumble but shoulder our bundles and trudge along as cheerfully as Marmee does. I'm sure Aunt March is a regular Old Man of the Sea to me, but I suppose when I've learned to carry her without complaining, she will tumble off, or get so light that I shan't mind her.

As friends, you are very happy, and your frequent quarrels soon blow over, but I fear you would both rebel if you were mated for life. You are too much alike, and to fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.

Ah, Jo, instead of wishing that, thank God that father and mother were particular, and pity from your heart those who have no such guardians to hedge them round with principles which may seem like prison-walls to impatient youth, but which will prove sure foundations to build character upon in womanhood.

La paciencia y la humildad que reflejaba el rostro amado eran la lección que Jo necesitaba, más eficaz que el sermón más sabio o la reprimenda más dura.

the trouble of overseeing a fidgety child when she wanted

What a trying world it is! said Jo, rumpling up her hair in a fretful sort of way. No sooner do we get out of one trouble than down comes another.

It's dreadful, but I can't scold him. He's so absent-minded and goodnatured, he lets those boys ride over him roughshod.

It's my dreadful temper! I try to cure it, I think I have, and then it breaks out worse than ever. Oh

guard your demon well, and don't let a moment's fury ruin all your life.

Los corazones al igual que las flores no se pueden abrir por la fuerza, que tienen su propio ritmo.

I've done a good many rash and foolish things in my life, but I don't think I ever was mad enough to say I'd make six calls in one day, when a single one upsets me for a week.

Keep bobbing, and we'll come right by and by.

Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come.

No soy paciente por naturaleza, pero tras cuarenta años esforzándome estoy aprendiendo a no dejar que la ira se lleve lo mejor de mí.

With tears and prayers and tender hands, Mother and sisters made her ready for the long sleep that pain would never mar again, seeing with grateful eyes the beautiful serenity that soon replaced the pathetic patience that had wrung their hearts so long, and feeling with reverent joy that to their darling death was a benignant angel, not a phantom full of dread.

Oh, dear, thought Meg, married life is very trying, and does need infinite patience as well as love, as Mother says. The word 'Mother' suggested other maternal counsels given long ago, and received with unbelieving protests.

There are plenty to love you so try to be satisfied with Father and Mother, Sisters and Brothers, friends and babies till the best lover of all comes to give you your reward.

The big house did prove a Palace Beautiful, though it took some time for

It's my dreadful temper! I try to cure it, I think I have, and then it breaks out worse than ever. Oh, Mother, what shall I do? What shall I do?" cried poor Jo, in despair. "Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault," said Mrs. March

It's highly virtuous to say we'll be good, but we can't do it all at once, and it takes a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together before some of us even get our feet set in the right way.

I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked

but you must keep watch over your 'bosom enemy,' as Father calls it, or it may sadden, if not spoil your life. You have had a warning. Remember it, and try with heart and soul to master this quick temper, before it brings you greater sorrow and regret than you have known today.