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Quotes About Patience

Time goes on even when we do not.
~ Tahereh Mafi
The game must have been past my bed-time.
~ Theo Walcott
Age overtakes us all; Our temples first; then on o'er cheek and chin, Slowly and surely, creep the frosts of Time. Up and do somewhat, ere thy limbs are sere.
~ Theocritus
The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home.
~ Theodore Parker
We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with patience till they get right if they happen to be at any time wrong.
~ Thomas Jefferson
A kaiseki meal is like that, very small courses over a long period of time.
~ Thomas Keller
Like one's own children, golf has an uncanny way of endearing itself to us while at the same time evoking every weakness of mind and character, no matter how well hidden.
~ Timothy Gallwey
It was actually 3 years between albums. That seems like a long time to me
~ Todd Barry
People ask me all the time, "What kind of father are you?" I won't know until my kids are grown.
~ Tom Hanks
You can only play one hole at a time.
~ Tom Kite
Sometimes I wish that I could go into a time machine right now and just look at my self and say, 'Calm down. Things are gonna be fine. Things are gonna be all great. Just relax.
~ Tristan Wilds
Just remember: If one bird carried every grain of sand, grain by grain, across the ocean, by the time he got them all on the other side, that would only be the beginning of eternity.
~ Truman Capote
Quitting smoking is rather a marathon than a sprint. It is not a one-time attempt, but a longer effort.
~ Unknown
Victories come when their time comes. Often later than you wish. Patience is an essential quality of a coach's profession.
~ Viacheslav Platonov
To paint nature you must be in it a long time.
~ Vincent Van Gogh
When I came back, I wasn't looking past this year. This is a bonus for me. I just wish it would have turned out a little better, but we all don't get what we want all the time.
~ Vinny Testaverde
I guess walking slow getting married is because it gives you time to maybe change your mind.
~ Virginia Cary Hudson
Golf is the most useless outdoor game ever devised to waste the time and try the spirit of man.
~ Westbrook Pegler
You don't always have to run. Take good time to watch first, then decide.
~ Will Arnett
Time can but make it easier to be wise / Though now it seems impossible, and so / All that you need is patience.
~ William Butler Yeats
Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry-- Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.
~ William Cowper
It takes a long time to turn a big country around. Just be of good cheer and keep working on it.
~ William J. Clinton
I could knock out loads of what I term aromatherapy music pretty swiftly. If you want something that is going to last, however, you're going to have to spend a lot more time on it.
~ William Orbit
Healing is as incremental and mysterious as the damage ... what took time, takes time.
~ William P. Young