"By time and toil we sever What strength……" — Jean de La Fontaine
"By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never."
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… — 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… — Joseph Addison
- It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man… — 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… — Jim Bishop
- When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off.… — Corrie Ten Boom
- Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. — Hal Borland