Quotes About Patience

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

I have no plan. I will leave it to the good things and good times to find me.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

He who seeks does not find, but he who does not seek will be found.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one's ability to persuade.

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Actually William wasn't there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn't there for Freshers Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other but we did become very close friends from quite early.

Two more years were to go by before I knew anything about William Blake. Many years later, when his wife died, my godfather gave me the two books as a remembrance.

Sammy Davis, Andy Williams, Tony Bennett... their records sell in the millions; when I do it, it just trickles. But for the composer and lyricist, there's a tidy bit to be made that way, too, so I don't really mind.

It took Cianfrance 12 years to bring 'Blue Valentine' to the screen after he first conceived it. He found Gosling and Williams early on, and they hung in there with him. The film finally premiered at Sundance 2010, then screened at Cannes and the Toronto Film Festival before landing in theaters in December.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

I have never met a dog I couldn't help; however, I have met humans who weren't willing to change.

It's one of those things, like in sports and other situations in life, you're going to have some adversities and some challenges that are similar to the race. You go uphill one moment and then you go downhill, but that's life too. You've got to be willing to sometimes take it slow but keep going.

I know what a long shot race is like, and I'm willing to put the work in.

It's an open secret that if a debtor is willing to wait long enough, he can probably get away with paying almost nothing, as long as he doesn't mind hurting his credit score.

And I have to be willing to be patient to allow God's plan to unfold and not go ahead and try to make my own circumstances happen for me. So, I've learned that He can be trusted for every need and desire but at the same time that may require patience on my end.

I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career.

Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. A willingness to forgo sleep. A penchant for sadomasochism. Ability to weather crises of faith and self-confidence. Accept exhaustion as fact of life. Addiction to caffeine a definite plus. Unfailing optimism that the end is in sight.

Uncertainty is a sign of humility, and humility is just the ability or the willingness to learn.

The willingness and ability to live fully in the now eludes many people. While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher.