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Quotes About Patience

If only the entire week was Thursdays..." ~ Yuu
~ Sahara Mizu
?ükür nimeti ziyadele?tirir, ?ekva musibeti ziyadele?tirir.
~ Said Nursi
What's to be done? I thought I was past caring for the spring but my frozen water pipe has made me long for it again
~ Saigy?
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
~ Saint Augustine
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
~ Saint Augustine
Give me chastity and continence, but not just now.
~ Saint Augustine
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
~ Saint Augustine
An example from the monkey: The higher it climbs, the more you see of its behind.
~ Saint Bonaventure
Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
~ Saint Francis de Sales
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
~ Saint Francis de Sales
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering you own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.
~ Saint Francis de Sales
Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
~ Saint Francis of Assisi
The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
~ Saint Jerome
The Dark Night of the Soul.
~ Saint John of the Cross
All good things have come to me since I no longer seek them for myself. -Saint John of the Cross
~ Saint Terese of Liseaux
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
~ Saint Theresa of Jesus
If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly.
~ Saint Vincent de Paul
Being aggressive, you can accomplish some things, but with gentleness, you can accomplish all things.
~ Sakyong Mipham
Benevolence requires the steadiness of an elephant—a sense of trusting ourselves and remembering the suffering of others—because it is easy to become irritated with people.
~ Sakyong Mipham
Obviously it is not good to keep checking your watch, as you might discover that you have supernatural powers that can slow down the time.
~ Sakyong Mipham
We can use the time recovering from an injury to train our mind in gentleness and firmness.
~ Sakyong Mipham
Gentleness is like water—it will eventually reach its goal. Aggression is like fire—it is quick and then it is gone.
~ Sakyong Mipham
Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
~ Sallust
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
~ Sallust