Patience Quotes

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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. — Arthur Ashe
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. — Francis Bacon
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. — John Quincy Adams
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see… — Joseph Addison
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to… — Henry Ward Beecher
Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while. — Ambrose Bierce
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue. — Ambrose Bierce
When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love… — Jim Bishop
When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust… — Corrie Ten Boom
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. — Hal Borland
If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. — Hal Borland
I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure… — Anthony Bourdain
When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out. — Elizabeth Bowen
Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. — Phillips Brooks
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man… — Jean de la Bruyere
Our patience will achieve more than our force. — Edmund Burke
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to… — John Burroughs
I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean,… — George W. Bush

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