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Quotes About Patience

In delay there lies no plenty, present mirth hath present laughter.
~ Shirley Jackson
Losing my temper will not help,' he said and gave the door a vicious kick.
~ Shirley Jackson
Losing my temper will not help, he said and gave the door a vicious kick.
~ Shirley Jackson
The more haste, the less speed
~ Shirley Jackson
Remember, this--this is the end we have waited for so long.
~ Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson
~ vast patience
Nothing is hard to do unless you get upset or excited about it.
~ Shirley Jackson
Shh, let me finish," Mama said, and banged her elbow into my ribs. "Remember, now. Neither small nor tight. A roomy waist and a pleat. For God's sake, a pleat.
~ Sholem Aleichem
When I tell a story, I tell it when I want to tell it, not when you want to hear it.
~ Sholem Aleichem
They say it has several hundred floors. How do you get to the top? With a ladder called an elevator. To get to the top floor, you board the elevator early in the morning and you reach your floor by sunset.
~ Sholem Aleichem
You see, you've asked why and you're willing to listen to me. That shows true psychology! But the main thing is not to interrupt me with questions
~ Sholem Aleichem
Like they say—you get used to troubles.
~ Sholem Aleichem
Like the saying has it: keep living and you'll live to see it.
~ Sholem Aleichem
But go argue with an ignoramus. I'm referring to my own brother, Henikh, may God not punish me for these words.
~ Sholem Aleichem
Like they say: a pimple on a blister, a blister on a boil.
~ Sholem Aleichem
As my mother says, there's no need to show the beaten dog a stick….
~ Sholom Aleichem
The wise man blesses the whip that flogs him," says my mother.
~ Sholom Aleichem
As my mother says, "God is a father. He punishes with one hand and heals with the other." That's something I don't get. Why punish and then heal? You could save yourself the trouble by skipping both.
~ Sholom Aleichem
My mother, bless her, had your number when she said, "Don't hold your breath waiting for him, because nothing good comes from a graveyard.
~ Sholom Aleichem
It makes my heart ache to see people living such fine lives when I have to sit here like a widow in black, waiting to hear from my fine breadwinner
~ Sholom Aleichem
P.S. God never sends the illness without its cure.
~ Sholom Aleichem
And then, just as quickly, the clouds returned, leaving us to walk by faith, not by sight.
~ Sibella Giorello
all the while one simple supernatural prescription waited: "Come to me.
~ Sibella Giorello
God will never throw anything at you that you can't handle. Just take it one step at a time.
~ Sidney Sheldon