PATIENCE QUOTES
quotations about patience
Patience, my lord. Why, 'tis the soul of peace.
Of all the virtues 'tis near'st kin to heaven.
It makes men look like gods; the best of men
That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer,
A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit,
The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
THOMAS DEKKER & THOMAS MIDDLETON
The Honest Whore
Patience is stronger than force.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
It is very strange that the years teach us patience -- that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
A Wreath of Roses
Patience is no small, feel-good personal quality. It is at the heart of diplomacy and civility, lawfulness and civil order. Without it, people can't work together and society can't function at all. With it, we create the possibility of peace between people and between nations.
MARY JANE RYAN
The Power of Patience
Patience is the ballast of the soul, that will keep it from rolling and tumbling in the greatest storms: and he, that will venture out without this to make him sail even and steady will certainly make shipwreck, and drown himself; first, in the cares and sorrows of this world; and, then, in perdition.
EZEKIEL HOPKINS
Death Disarm'd of Its Sting
Endurance is the crowning quality,
And patience all the passion of great hearts.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
Columbus
Patience is the homely background on which most of the brilliant achievements are woven in beautiful harmony.
ALLYN KING FOSTER
Cartoons in Character
Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
WILLIAM PENN
Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims
An impatient man is hurried along by his wild and furious desires into an abyss of miseries, the more extensive his power is, the more fatal is his Impatience to him, he will wait for nothing, he will not give himself any time to take measures, he forces all things to satisfy his wishes, he breaks the boughs to gather the fruit before it is ripe, he breaks down the gates rather than wait till they are opened, he will needs reap when the wise husbandman is sowing.
WELLINS CALCOTT
Thoughts Moral and Divine
Patience is woven into the web of the universe because this universe reflects--in dim and fractured ways--the divine patience of its creator.
SAMUEL WELLS
"Good Earth", Christian Ethics
Patience is the art of hoping.
LUC DE VAUVENARGUES
Reflections and Maxims
An invulnerable armor is patience.
GAUTAMA BUDDHA
The Gospel of Buddha
It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you.
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
Jane Eyre
Unless patience is founded on hope, it stagnates.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
I have patience in all things -- as far as the antechamber.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
Flaubert in Egypt
Patience is the guardian of faith, the preserver of peace, the cherisher of love, the teacher of humility; Patience governs the flesh, strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride; she bridles the tongue, refrains the hand, tramples upon temptations, endures persecutions, consummates martyrdom; Patience produces unity in the church, loyalty in the State, harmony in families and societies; she comforts the poor and moderates the rich; she makes us humble in prosperity, cheerful in adversity, unmoved by calumny and reproach; she teaches us to forgive those who have injured us, and to be the first in asking forgiveness of those whom we have injured; she delights the faithful, and invites the unbelieving; she adorns the woman, and approves the man; is loved in a child, praised in a young man, admired in an old man; she is beautiful in either sex and every age. Behold her appearance and her attire! Her countenance is calm and serene as the face of heaven unspotted by the shadow of a cloud; and no wrinkle of grief or anger is seen in her forehead. Her eyes are as the eyes of doves for meekness, and on her eyebrows sit cheerfulness and joy. Her mouth is lovely in silence; her complexion and color that of innocence and security; while, like the virgin, the daughter of Sion, she shakes her head at the adversary, despising, and laughing him to scorn. She is clothed in the robes of the martyrs, and in her hand she holds a sceptre in the form of a cross. She rides not in the whirlwind and stormy tempest of passion, but her throne is the humble and contrite heart, and her kingdom is the kingdom of peace.
BISHOP HORNE
Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions
The bigger the dam of patience, the worse the flood when the dam breaks.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
With patience we become more mindful of others. Practicing mindfulness gives us the option to cool down and to extend the grace of patience to ourselves and others.
HYDER ZAHED
"Patience Is a Virtue Worth Developing", Huffington Post, March 28, 2016
With patience everything comes in due season.
ÉDOUARD RENÉ DE LABOULAYE
attributed, Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical
Patience is self-mastery and the man who is master of himself carves out his career. The way may be steep and the outlook bleak but patience will ultimately lay the world at his feet.
ALLYN KING FOSTER
Cartoons in Character