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Patience Quotes


"Without delayed gratification, there is no endurance."


"Don't be afraid to go slow, only be afraid of standing still."


"The best is always worth waiting for. And once you taste it, no other taste will do."


"For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently."


"Keep calm when things don't go according to your expectations! Beautiful things always meet friction!"


"When expectations delay for too long, doubt draw nearer in haste and patience goes farther."


"For six months I did what women do: I waited. This is what women are taught to be good at. It's said that a woman's life is merely preparation for the primal nine-month wait. Whatever the reason, they do it well. Sometimes they drink or bite their fingernails down to the wrist. They count stars and initials and wait: for something to happen, for something to pass, to change, to begin, to end."


"I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient."



"Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack."


"If you wait, you can have what you want."


"Chew off a little every day, because it's hard to swallow a whole pie at once."


"Church leaders may get disappointed in ministry if they do not know God's time."


"If kindness is beauty, patience is disarming elegance."


"These rotary dials were like meditation, they forced you to slow down and concentrate. If you polled the next number too soon, you had to start over from the top."


"Don't be in a hurry in life. The sacred-time determines the due events."


"Patience triumphs over everything."


"We cannot learn real patience and tolerance from a guru or a friend. They can be practiced only when we come in contact with someone who creates unpleasant experiences."


"To wait is to wisely resign myself to the fact that my 'timetable' is too often a 'table' with two legs that won't stand up no matter how much 'time' I give it."


"You're frustrated because you keep waiting for the blooming of flowers of which you have yet to sow the seeds."


"If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment."


"Wait and see the steps you should or should not have taken, and you shall understand patience and impatience better!"


"There might not be a lot of people who can understand you and the way you think, don't lose your temper and don't get sad, because you are destined to mark a new path."


"Ignore the people who advise you patience! There is no time for patience! Those who are patient for many years about anything are mad!"


"My master wishes to see you," said the mounted man."When the planting's done," I said."Lord Barton is unaccustomed to waiting.""Then he should rejoice, for he'll learn something new today." I went back to the garden. Soon the servant left."


"Nurture a tree today, and it will provide you fruit tomorrow."
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