Patience Quotes

2415 Patience quotes by 1402 unique authors

There are answers which, in turning away wrath, only send it to the other end of the room, and to have a discussion coolly waived… — George Eliot
I have patience in all things - as far as the antechamber. — Gustave Flaubert
God, teach me to be patient, teach me to go slow — Helen Steiner Rice
She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding. — Jane Austen
What you encounter, recognize or discover depends to a large degree on the quality of your approach. Many of the ancient cultures practiced careful rituals… — John O'Donohue
I look in the mirror through the eyes of the child that was me. — Judy Collins
Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it.… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial. — Louisa May Alcott
She and Marie were Montreal girls, not trained to accompany heroes, or to hold out for dreams, but just to be patient. — Mavis Gallant
Sometimes one waits too long for the perfect moment before snapping the picture. You never realize that you needed was to change perspective. — Miguel Syjuco
Above all, trust in the slow work of God. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We need patient people who are able to endure the toughest disciplines. — Samael Aun Weor
The woman gestured to a seat and put on a patient face. An impatient sort of patient face, like an impatient face dressing up as… — Shannon Hale
Patience, increasing patience — Sri Chinmoy
The panic disappeared under those soothing old fingers and the breathing slowed down and stopped hurting the chest as if a fox was caught in… — Tennessee Williams
The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent… — Theophile Gautier
The same word passed through three minds, simultaneously, philosophical, fatalistic, the eternal refuge of the Italian: Pazienza.... — Violet Trefusis
Hope has a thick skin and will endure many a blow; it will put on patience as a vestment and will endure all things (if… — John Bunyan
Love should be the silver thread that runs through all your conduct. Kindness, gentleness, long suffering, forbearance, patience, sympathy, a willingness to enter into childish… — J C Ryle
Patience is not learned in safety. — Pema Chodron
Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience and acting intelligently, which is… — Dorothy Day
I am going to give you such a weapon that the police and the army will not be able to stand against it. It is… — Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Add to this occasional journeys, ministers’ meetings, etc., and you will rather wonder that I have any time, than that I have so little. I… — William Carey
The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called… — Jean Renoir
Acquire a firm will and the utmost patience. — Anandamayi Ma

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