Quotes About Patience

I'll always say my prayers... and if God doesn't answer them at once I shall know it's because He's planning something better for me.

God certainly knows of some happiness for us which He is going to bring out of the trouble, only we must have patience and not run away. And then all at once something happens and we see clearly ourselves that God has had some good thought in His mind all along; but because we cannot see things beforehand, and only know how dreadfully miserable we are, we think it is always going to be so.

God is good to all of us. He knows what we need better than we do. And just because he thinks it is better not to give you what you want right now doesn't mean he isn't answering you. You shall have what you ask for but not until the right time comes.

God arranges everything for us, so that we need have no more fear or trouble and may be quite sure that all things will come right in the end.

God is good to all of us. He knows what we need better than we do. And just because he thinks it is better not to give you what you want right now doesn't mean he isn't answering you. You shall have what you ask for but not until the right time comes." - Grandmamma

Never chase opportunities. Let it come to you by creating value and building rare skillsets.

Water boils at 212 degrees. At 211 degrees it's just hot. Every degree is needed.

If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.

Mathematicians are a bit like the laconic Vermonter who, when asked if he's lived in the state his whole life, replies, "Not yet.")

Evil is a fact not to be explained away, but to be accepted and accepted not to be endured, but to be conquered. It is a challenge neither to our reason nor to our patience, but to our courage.

Never make a calculation until you know the answer.

Think spring. We do. Slow down.

Patience prepares the mind for the opportunity.

I think everyone always has time to suffer.

Amatus waited a long time, but at last he broke the silence. "There is much I don't understand." "That will never change," Mortis said decisively. "Except that what you don't understand will change.

His head always felt about to ache, but never began to.

No poem is easily grasped so why should any reader expect fast results?

God had already made me realise that His mercy does not grow weary of waiting for some souls and that He enlightens them only slowly. So I took good care not to anticipate Him.

I've learnt something more. The expectation of a body can last as long as any hope. Like mine expecting yours. As soon as they gave you two life sentences, I stopped believing in their time.

When will indifference come.

Often God will send us what we need in a package we don't want. Why? To let us know He's God and we cannot second-guess Him. We cannot search for answers merely with our heads; we must seek Him and His provision with our hearts. Scripture cannot be interpreted from our limited human mental understanding. There must be a breath of the Spirit of God. He alone gives wise counsel and correct application.

Love forgets wrongs so that there is hope for the future.

Don't lay any certain plans for the future it is like planting toads and expecting to raise toadstools.

Humans have been shouting their question for millennia: Why in God's name won't you show up? They say it when the moment seems to demand a force to do good: If you are God, then do something. But to show up in those moments would be to come in your name, not Mine. My ways are not your ways.