Patience Quotes

He began to develop an obstinate patience.

~ William Steig

Hold on. Keep trying. God loves you. Things will improve.

~ Jeffrey R. Holland

For many years a tree might wage a slow and silent warfare against an encumbering wall, without making any visible progress. One day the wall would topple--not because the tree had suddenly laid hold upon some supernormal energy, but because its patient work of self-defense and self release had reached fulfillment. The long-imprisoned tree had freed itself. Nature had had her way.

~ Lloyd C. Douglas

I have a lot more patience for others than I have for myself, and I am much better at bringing out the best in others than in myself. That's just the kind of person I am. I'm the scratchy stuff on the side of the matchbox.

~ Haruki Murakami

She knew that nothing was ever as overwhelming or final as he seemed to think - that if he would wait, instead of shouting, there'd be less to shout over in the end.

~ Josephine Winslow Johnson

Hey, hey wait... wait... try again.... It works does it?? (What?? YOu are asking a question did you?? I'm talking about the problem which you had and something didn't work as well as far as I can see... So I will wait... wait... try now!)

~ Deyth Banger

In a time where everyone is searching for success, it's easy for other so called entrepreneurs to live off them because they haven't learned patience when it comes to money.

~ James Jean-Pierre

Hey, be patient you'll have to kiss a few frogs before you find one that's your prince

~ Mya Waechtler

When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety;if I sit in my own place of patience,what I need flows to me, and without pain. From this I understand that what I want also wants me,is looking for me and attracting me.There is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it.

~ Shams-I Tabrizi

Good things don’t happen in bulk, they take ample time. You have to have patience.

~ Evan Smith

Use the first moments in study. You may miss many an opportunity for quick victory in this way, but the moment the study are in insurance of success. Take your time and be sure.

~ Frank Herbert

Physician, heal thyself: then wilt thou also heal thy patient. Let it be his best cure to see with his eyes him who maketh himself whole.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche

England's traditional tolerance was outraged at last.

~ Barbara W. Tuchman

All along I'd vaguely assumed the emptiness and the pain meant I was doing something wrong. But maybe it was all just part of the process so something new could be born. First the barrenness, to make space. Then the pain, which is the only way to a birth.

~ Stephanie Rische

Do not be in a hurry, wait for the harvest.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The greatest hunter is one who knows how to wait.

~ Erin Hunter

…if you will quit squirming about and be patient you will see that most things in life, wishes included, do not have immediate results.

~ Heidi Schulz

During the 24/7 grind of being a carer, it's all to easy to forget the fact that the person you're doing so much for is, and is obliged to be, more resourceful than you in many respects.

~ Naoki Higashida

When it comes to doing something about what is wrong in the world, Jesus is best known for his fondness for the minute, the invisible, the quiet, the slow – yeast, salt, seeds, light. And manure.

~ Eugene H. Peterson

Rowl reminded himself that cats were eternally patient, and that he would not simply explode if he did not fling himself from Littlemouse's arms and go exploring. Which was not to say that he could not do so if he wished, because cats were also their own masters. He decided that his patience was practically legendary- which was fortunate...

~ Jim Butcher

The Atreides are known to start late getting there growth.

~ Frank Herbert

When time stops, life starts.

~ Gary Leblanc

I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part, and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy.

~ Albert Einstein

Diplomacy was a long game.

~ H.w. Brands

Patience is not developed by being forced to wait in long lines or for long periods of time. Patience is a decision: to sit back rather than lean forward, to shift your weight from the balls of your feet to your heels. To settle your thoughts on now, to enjoy the journey, to give something or someone time to grow.

~ Ron Brackin

Don't get caught in the trap of Waiting. When I retire....When I get off work When I go that party this weekendWhen this happens then I can live.People miss the present and then wonder where time went. Allow life unfold in its divine sequence by being utterly present.

~ Matthew Donnelly

I was afraid it would come to this, but I have no patience with her now. I'm jealous of every moment away from the work - impatient with any one who tries to steal my time.

~ Daniel Keyes

The only way to prove his willingness to wait would be to wait.

~ Stephen L. Carter

The Chinese are not programmed to make decisions quickly, and attempts to force them to do so, wittingly or unwittingly, invariably backfire. Instead, they view things from all angles, over and over again, and while doing so make judgments about the sincerity and trustworthiness of the people they are dealing with. The more impatience Westerners demonstrate, the less trustworthy they are judged to be.

~ Mente

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

~ T.f. Hodge

Be patient. Everything has it's time. You can't make an orange mature right away because you are hungry

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

We should not scorn those whose fear is greater than our own.

~ Warren Eyster

Don't run against time go hand in hand

~ Bangambiki Habyarimana

In a crisis, time was always the enemy.

~ Stephen L. Carter

Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.

~ Randy Pausch

Holding on stands in the way of what's meant for you.

~ Auliq Ice

Impatience is a form of fear: fear of running out of time.

~ Russell Eric Dobda

Problems are part of life and within the obstacles it creates are brilliant miracles for the enduring folks.

~ Darmie O-Lujon

Better to wait actively than passively.

~ Stephen L. Carter

And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far into the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

~ Rainer Maria Rilke