Lovers should never be without the oil of forbearance.

If I had my wilderness, nature could be my lover. What can I do in the paved streets for my thirsty roots? I waste…

— Elizabeth Smart

[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,…

— Pico Iyer

There is nothing to do with men [and women] but to love them; to contemplate their virtues with admiration, their faults with pity and…

— Orville Dewey

The fruit of patience in all its aspects - long-suffering, forbearance, endurance, and perseverance - is a fruit that is most intimately associated with…

— Jerry Bridges

Forbearance and silence are from the signs of learning

— Ismail

Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back…

— Geoffrey Chaucer

To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and…

— George Washington

The tree can teach you forbearance and tolerance. It offers shade to all, irrespective of age, sex or religion, nationality or status. It helps…

— Anonymous

The Bush administration continues to coddle China, despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reform, its brutal subjugation of Tibet, its irresponsible export of nuclear…

— William J. Clinton

There are no whys in a person's life, and very few hows. In the end, in search of useful wisdom, you could only come…

— Chad Harbach

...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up…

— Robert E. Lee

When we think carefully, we see that the brief elation we experience when appeasing sensual impulses may not be very different from what the…

— Dalai Lama

We must work harder to build mutual respect, an attitude of tolerance, with forbearance one for another.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct.

— J. C. Ryle

“The best way to find inner peace is the practice in forbearance.”

— sir kristian goldmund aumann