Patiently Quotes
280 quotes by 237 authors
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The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn…
— Phillips Brooks
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Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
— Jean Cocteau
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It is a virtue and a prize to listen patiently to and put up with insults for the sake of God
— Brigit of Kildare
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It will be hard for you not to ask why this must be. God knows why, and that may be as good to us as…
— Maltbie Davenport Babcock
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I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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Every virtue is a form of obedience to God. Every evil word or act is a form of rebellion against Him. This may not be…
— Stephen Neill
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During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us,…
— Philip Neri
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To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of…
— Elizabeth Gilbert
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Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness which it must…
— Pope John Paul II
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The real proof of spiritual poverty is to patiently endure the loss of worldly goods and without any regret when it pleases our heavenly Father…
— John Calvin
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The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth.
— Alphonsus Liguori
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There is nothing more pleasing to God, than to see a soul who patiently and serenely bears whatever crosses it is sent; this is how…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.
— Alfred Douglas
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We are apt to consider that invention is the result of spontaneous action of some heavenborn genius, whose advent we must patiently wait for, but…
— John Ambrose Fleming
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If there be a true way that leads to the Everlasting Kingdom, it is most certainly that of suffering, patiently endured.
— Saint Colette
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Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God.
— Jane Frances de Chantal
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To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a…
— Marjory Stephenson
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There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently
— William Shakespeare
Who Wrote These Patiently Quotes
237 authors contributed a total of 280 Patiently Quotes, led by these top contributors: