Quotes About Patience

Halt and Gilan looked at him, then looked at each other, and said in chorus: "You're an apprentice. You're not ready to think." Then

Many rulers would have spent the morning complaining loudly about the cold and the discomfort, as if their complaints would actually serve to alleviate the situation and as if their attendants should be able to do something about it. Not the emperor. He accepted the situation knowing that he could do nothing to change the weather. Best to endure it without making life more difficult for those around him.

Halt regarded him. He loved Horace like a younger brother. Even like a second son, after will. He admired his skill with a sword and his courage in battle. But sometimes, just sometimes, he felt an overwhelming desire to ram the young warrior's head against a convenient tree.

The point of this is, accidents happen. People tread on you. Nanny goats chew your hair.

Don't waste time complaining about things that can't be changed.

There's no sense in bemoaning what we can't achieve today. Let's get on with what we can achieve.

Now I know that if you wait till you think you are ready, you'll wait all your life.

You're an apprentice. You're not ready to think.

Now I know if you wait until you think you are ready, you'll wait your whole life

Realizing that he was unlikely to ever get the final word with his horse, Halt let the matter drop.

Every fiber of his being wanted to run, to get to the stables as quickly as he could. But he forced himself to walk casually, to avoid attracting attention to himself

Every dog knew that if you didn't eat beef the moment it was set before you, it had a tendency to escape.

You wait till it's over and see who's won," he said. "Then you know those were the right risks to take.

It took years of training to achieve the level of silence with which a Ranger could move.

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves, more often than not

Don't keep parroting at me!' Halt fumed. 'Stop repeating what I say! I asked you "what", so don't ask

De ouderen mochten graag zeggen dat er tijdens het wachtlopen weinig te doen was en dat de jongere zeelieden heel goed waren in weinig doen.

Die jonge Vrouwe Alyss van jullie, die zit daar als een eiland van rust en verstand in een stormzee vol botsende golven. Zij heeft geduld, heel veel geduld. Alhoewel ik een paar keer het idee kreeg dat zij op het punt stond mijn onderhandelaar met een stapel van zijn paperassen om de oren te slaan. - Selethen

Misschien leert ze er toch van, dacht hij, en gaat ze deze keer niet meteen als een gek in de aanval. En misschien dat die grote blauwe walvis, die volgens de Skandiërs zorgt voor eb en vloed, ineens uit de golven omhoog komt springen, vleugels krijgt en een rondje om het schip vliegt.

As far as he was concerned, the fact that Ragnak was an insufferable pain in the buttocks was a more than valid reason for not

Most of our time is spent waiting. A Ranger's best asset is patience.

Ze wist al aan welk prettig ding ze zou denken als Keren weer aan kwam zetten met zijn steen.

Jij bent getraind in uren stilzitten, terwijl een heel mierenleger over je heen marcheert en allebei je benen slapen... Jij hebt het maar makkelijk. Jij kunt tenminste nog door dat gaatje kijken!' Will keek hem geërgerd aan. 'Wat moet het erg zijn om jou te zijn,' fluisterde hij gemeen. 'Zo'n groot lijf vol kriebelende mieren, en dan nog geen kijkgaatje ook!' 'Ach, hou je bek,' zei Arnaut. Iets slimmers wist hij niet te verzinnen.

Sometimes," Halt continued, "we tend to expect a little too much of Ranger horses. After all, they are only human.