Quotes About Patience

There is more to life," said Gandhi, "than increasing its speed.

One reason many people never see God working in their lives is because they never hang in long enough for God to show his power.

God seldom gives us all we need in order to understand, but He always gives us all we need to obey.

Problems never just go away or take care of themselves, especially when God allows them in order to shape our character. God will patiently wait and allow the circumstances to compel us to do what we should have done at the beginning: surrender all control to God.

We must remember in our struggles that our duty lies outside of trying to understand God's plan. He never asks that of us. Instead, He wants to see our trust in Him, through simple daily obedience, even in a land of affliction and confusion.

Our greatest need from God isn't for Him to change our circumstances but for Him to use our circumstances to change us.

The Lord was with Joseph, and Joseph remained forgotten for two years. Both were equally true.

We want God to change situations. God wants to change us in them.

He seldom gives us all we need in order to understand, but He always gives us all we need to obey.

Wayne I once thought I had mono for an entire year, It turned out I was just really bored.

It is not for us to search but to remain still, to achieve Immobility not Action.

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on

Sit and be still until in the time of no rain you hear beneath the dry wind's commotion in the trees the sound of flowing water among the rocks, a stream unheard before, and you are where breathing is prayer.

You have been given questions to which you cannot be given answers. You will have to live them out - perhaps a little at a time.' And how long is that going to take?' I don't know. As long as you live, perhaps.' That could be a long time.' I will tell you a further mystery,' he said. 'It may take longer.

Tell My children, that there is never a testimony without first a TEST. "And that there is always a test before a promotion," He said softly. "The greater the test; the greater the promotion. "Oh, tell My children not to give up, beloved. "No matter how fierce the trial gets. Never give up.

Then she compared the work we did to the peeling of an onion: "It takes a long time, and we peel the layers slowly, incrementally, transparent layers, around and around, peeling until we get to the core," then she smiled, "and there are always tears." (141)

As we ate, I watched the waves crashing and thought about the erosion, the turning of rock into sand, and how long it takes to see any difference in the coastline even though it's constantly being worked on. (167)

I supposed I've always thought if you really wanted something you shouldn't ask for it.

Bloody men are like bloody buses — You wait for about a year And as soon as one approaches your stop Two or three others appear. You look at them flashing their indicators, Offering you a ride. You're trying to read the destinations, You haven't much time to decide. If you make a mistake, there is no turning back. Jump off, and you'll stand there and gaze While the cars and the taxis and lorries go by And the minutes, the hours, the days.

Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear.

And she never has.

I've learned that if you wait long enough, you might get a second chance at something you gave up on. And sometimes you'll be the one to give the second chance to someone else.

if they make me watch that movie one more time, I will fall down on my knees and beg for mercy