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Patience Quotes by Thomas a Kempis
- Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience.
- Thy peace shall be in much patience.
- Christ willed to suffer and be despised and do you dare complain of the same? Christ had adversaries and backbiters; and do you wish to…
- My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its evil…
- How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how mayest…
- Patience is necessary in this life because so much of life is fraught with adversity. No matter how hard we try, our lives will never…
- All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.
- Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
- If you should temporarily lose your sense of well-being, don't be too quick to despair. With humility and patience, wait for God who is able…
More Patience Quotes
- 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… — 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… — Joseph Addison
- It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you… — 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… — 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… — Corrie Ten Boom
- Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. — Hal Borland