"Patience is the queen of virtues." — John Chrysostom

"Patience is the queen of virtues."

— John Chrysostom

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28 Quotes by John Chrysostom

John Chrysostom has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The highest point of philosophy is to be both wise and simple; this is the angelic life.
I know my own soul, how feeble and puny it is: I know the magnitude of this ministry, and the…
The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since…
Christ is wont to catch every man in the way of his own craft - magicians with a star, fishers…
As the Father useth this expression I AM, so also doth Christ, for it signifieth continuous being, irrespective of all…
Correct him, but not as a foe, nor as an adversary exacting a penalty, but as a physician providing medicines.
Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground, for it is hard for a tree that stands…
Higher than every painter, higher than every sculptor and than all artists do I regard him who is skilled in…
God, having placed good and evil in our power, has given us full freedom of choice; He does not keep…
Let us not so much labor to know where hell is - as how to escape it.
We follow the ways of wolves, the habits of tigers: or, rather we are worse than they. To them nature…
Helping a person in need is good in itself. But the degree of goodness is hugely affected by the attitude…

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More Patience Quotes

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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

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