deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized. — Bernice Fitz-Gibbon Copy Share Image
An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person. — Vladimir Kramnik Copy Share Image
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence. — James Robertson Copy Share Image
“Mom, camping is not a date; it's an endurance test. If you can survive camping with someone, you should marry them on… — Yvonne Prinz Copy Share Image
Diabetes is a great example whereby, giving the patient the tools, you can manage yourself very well. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, — Colossians 3:12 Copy Share Image
“I was treading the thin line of his patience while falling off the thin line of my sanity” — C.J. Roberts Copy Share Image
“He will unfailingly be pleased with our patience and take note of our diligence and perseverance.” — St. Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say. — A. J. McLean Copy Share Image
It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those who can confer honor by their praise,… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
“God gives us all youth, and the takes it away again. What have you gained to offset that loss? Patience? Perhaps a… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
“Its narcissistic joy defines a world deformed by form where diagnosis is the sickness, the patient, the nurse to whom satisfaction is… — Forrest Thomson Copy Share Image
I'm glad I didn't know how much patience entrepreneurship required. It took some time to turn that into a strength of mine,… — Reshma Saujani Copy Share Image
“I may have mentioned patience wasn't one of my virtues. Actually, I didn't have many virtues but patience definitely wasn't one of… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
The Colombians are good-tempered people. They are used to waiting for buses that are late, used to riding buses and trains that… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have the feeling that some little imp is standing behind you and dictating to you, but he gives it to… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
“I find that my patients are far more sensible, and far less histrionic, about the realities of this process than their elected… — Willie Parker Copy Share Image
“But gardening is none of that, really. Strip away the gadgets and the techniques, the books and the magazines and the soil… — Amy Stewart Copy Share Image
“But human anatomy and human endurance are variable. While the much younger nun had succumbed to her injuries, Ursula's heart kept beating,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Four years with no sex? Don’t tell me that you’ve forgotten this is the Age of Electronics? I mean, really, do any… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
God certainly knows of some happiness for us which He is going to bring out of the trouble, only we must have… — Johanna Spyri Copy Share Image
“A nurse walked in with some pills and a cup of water. “I told you, I don’t need that stuff,” Mr. Jones… — Jackie French Koller Copy Share Image
“Because my patient just sat herself up--and I'm not talking about her raising her torso off the damn pillows. I wasn't there… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“He had no longer free energy enough for spontaneous research and speculative thinking, but by the bedside of patients the direct external… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I regard (parenting) as the hardest, most complicated, anxiety-ridden, sweat-and-blood-producing job in the world. Succeeding requires the ultimate in patience, common sense,… — Virginia Satir Copy Share Image
