Quotes About Patience

Never combat any man's opinion; for though you reached the age of Methuselah, you would never have done setting him right upon all the absurd things that he believes. It is also well to avoid correcting people's mistakes in conversation, however good your intentions may be; for it is easy to offend people, and difficult, if not impossible to mend them.

The nobler and more perfect a thing is, the later and slower it is in arriving at maturity.

Umut gerçeÄŸin reddediliÅŸidir , koÅŸmaya devam etmesi için at?n burnunun ucunda salland?rd?klar? havuçtan ibarettir.

Es wäre gut, Bücher zu kaufen, wenn man die Zeit, sie zu lesen, mitkaufen könnte.

Nale?y pyta? wiele i d?ugo (...), aby ukry? to, na co ??dasz potwierdzenia.

Seria bom comprar livros se, junto com eles, fosse possível comprar também o tempo para lê-los, mas na maioria das vezes troca-se a compra dos livros pela aquisição do seu conteúdo.

Quanto mais nobre e perfeita é uma coisa, tanto mais tarde e mais lentamente ela atinge a maturidade.

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them

Bei Abwesenheit großer Leiden quälen uns die kleinsten Unannehmlichkeiten.

Remain calm, patient, and good humored.

Instead of a river, God often gives us a brook, which may be running today and dried up tomorrow. Why? To teach us not to rest in our blessings, but in the blesser Himself.

When you observe that the fire in your room is getting dull, you do not always put on more coal, but simply stir with the poker; so God often uses the black poker of adversity in order that the flames of devotion may burn more brightly.

Our Lord has many weak children in His family, many dull pupils in His school, many raw soldiers in His army, many lame sheep in His flock. Yet He bears with them all, and casts none away.

He could do only one thing at a time. If he held her, he couldn't kiss her. If he kissed her, he couldn't see her. If he saw her, he couldn't feel her.

Here they learned to Wait. To Watch. To think thoughts and not voice them.

Rahel knew that this had happened because she had been hoping that it wouldn't. She hadn't learned to control her Hopes yet.

She could hear her hair growing.

The time has come, the Walrus said. Perhaps things will become worse and then better. Perhaps there's a small god up in heaven readying herself for us. Another world is not only possible, she's on her way. Maybe many of us won't be here to greet her, but on a quiet day, if I listen very carefully, I can hear her breathing.

In moments of crisis it helps to take the long view.

The frozen flowers never go away. They hang around somewhere all the time.

Modern travel would be totally delightful if only I could learn to enjoy boredom, discomfort, and fatigue.

Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.

Life is long, my young friend. Do not make it more difficult than it already has to be.

Lie still, it said. If you do not rise, do not move, nothing can hurt you. Simply do nothing, say nothing, be nowhere.