Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“He sneered with the impatience of people listening to the obvious lies of others.” — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
“Is there no easy way to taking this dress off you? Am I going to have to rip it off?” — Flora Kidd Copy Share Image
Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong. — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
We must accept the reality that the causes of impatience travel a two-way street. — Allan Lokos Copy Share Image
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
In any situation you can think of, impatience is a source of weakness and fear, while patience represents substance and strength. — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
Whether one agrees or disagrees with the tactics of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it's easy to understand the inspiration for its… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
“LOVE is made up of a strong affection and patience whiles LUST is made up of a strong affection and impatience. Affection… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
It's not always impatience. Sometimes, it's the fear of losing that one special thing to a careless hand. — Terry Mark Copy Share Image
On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and… — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
“Am I too early?” she whispered, placing her hands in mine. “You are quite late for my impatience.” — Christina Boyd Copy Share Image
In all evils which admits a remedy, impatience should be avoided, because it wastes the time and attention in complaints which, if… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The eye solicited alone makes the ear impatient, the ear solicited alone makes the eye impatient. Use these impatiences. Power of the… — Robert Bresson Copy Share Image
When Julian ascended the throne, he declared his impatience to embrace and reward the Syrian sophist, who had preserved, in a degenerate… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
At times discreetly, at times disgustingly, I yielded to the most fatal temptation whenever I could no longer bear it: as a… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
But look within and watch the stuff coming up-restlessness, anxiety, impatience, pain-just watch it come up and don't get involved. Much to… — Henepola Gunaratana Copy Share Image
I have closely noted that people who watch a great deal of TV never again seem able to adjust to the actual… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
“Old age is not meant to be survived alone," Man Rapadou said, her voice trailing with her own hidden thoughts. "Death should… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
Where words leave off, gesture begins. Don't we speak of a person being speechless with rage, dancing with impatience, setting his teeth?… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
I think teenage impatience is just plain human nature! I think every generation has to cope with different circumstances, different problems. But… — Loretta Young Copy Share Image
“I realized that the antidote to impatience was allowing myself to reenter the flow of things, that is, to be in sync… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
One thing that I'd just remind young people of is that when John Lewis, who's a member of Congress today, defied George… — Keith Ellison Copy Share Image
“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The very word "change" has changed. When I was young--and not just because I was young--we looked forward with confident impatience to… — Neal Ascherson Copy Share Image
“Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
In my creature impatience I am often caused to wish that there were some way to bring modern Christians into a deeper… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
“and on the other side for lack of sun there is death perhaps waiting for you in the uproar of a dazzling… — Tristan Tzara Copy Share Image
“Watching a tree grow will likely drive you crazy. It’s a boring process if you stand there, impatiently tapping your foot, waiting… — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
Love demands patience. I have never seen an impatient person successful in love. — Ginko Takahashi Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm without knowledge is not good, impatience will get you into trouble — Fash Copy Share Image
