Patience Quotes

2415 Patience quotes by 1402 unique authors

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which… — Ray Bradbury
Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice. — Erich Fromm
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience,… — Orson F. Whitney
There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. — Franz Kafka
The fruit tasted foreign but indigenous, like sunlight a tree had changed through patience. — Pat Conroy
All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue. — Franz Kafka
I could call my wandering thoughts together. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which, now that it stood between me… — James Joyce
And still it is not enough to have memories. One must be able to forget them when they are many, and one must have the… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Life is a test. It is only a test--meaning that's all it is. Nothing more, but nothing less. It is a test of our convictions… — Sheri L. Dew
Lydia was the kind of friend whom people referred to as a 'party favor' -- always fun to be around but she doesn't have any… — Chelsea Handler
We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence. — Cornel West
If you knew where your happiness came from, it gave you patience. You realized that a lot of the time, you were just waiting out… — Curtis Sittenfeld
Get to part B, Daniel. Think fast. Patience is a virtue, and you know how Cam feels about those. — Lauren Kate
The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy
Other people can’t cause us to be impatient unless we let them do so. In other words, others don’t make us impatient. We make ourselves… — Surya Das
When one does a thing, it appears good, otherwise one would not write it. Only later comes reflection, and one discards or accepts the thing.… — Frederic Chopin
Very often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle. — Richelle Mead
I have not much patience with a certain class of Christians nowadays who will hear anybody preach so long as they can say, 'He is… — Charles Spurgeon
I know this much about racing in the rain. I know it is about balance. It is about anticipation and patience... [it is also] about… — Garth Stein
Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don't drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor's yard… — Anne Lamott
I know everything about everything and before I dry off completely, which is something I truly hate, you better go outside, collect Trates, and have… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Victory to the spider. Patience wins the day. And today my patience ends. (Apollymi) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words. — John Milton
Deep down within the heart there is a stillness which is healing, a trust in the universal laws which is unwavering, and a strength which… — Paul Brunton
Reverence the highest, have patience with the lowest. Let this day's performance of the meanest duty be thy religion. Are the stars too distant, pick… — Margaret Fuller

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