PATIENCE QUOTES II
quotations about patience
I compare patience to the most precious thing that the earth produces, to a jewel. Pressed by sand and rocks, it reposes in the dark lap of earth. Though no ray of light comes near it, it is radiant with imperishable beauty, a child of the celestial light, which it preserves faithfully. Thus its brightness remains even in the deep night; but when liberated from the dark prison, it forms, united to gold, the distinguishing mark and ornament of glory--the ring, the sceptre, and the crown.... Her end reward is the crown of life.
FRIEDRICH ADOLF KRUMMACHER
The Parables
All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God.
ORSON F. WHITNEY
attributed, We Believe: Doctrines and Principles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
AMBROSE BIERCE
The Devil's Dictionary
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
THOMAS HARDY
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
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
Now, to say what patience is: It is judgment which has grown to a faith, and the twain grown to a great forbearance, and these enforced with moral earnestness to help or reclaim. In this account, patience appears both composite and mighty; for what greatest power of the mind is there that takes not part in it, since it is made of thought and of feeling, of principle and of force? But if we look closely we shall see that it has this high place without doubt; for, first it rests on the rational view of the facts of life whence arises an energetic forbearance of temper for cause. For if not for cause, that is, rationally justified, restraint would be simply painful, and needless pain is folly. Thus, patience is first judgment of facts, from which it takes flight, like the Phoenix from ashes, to an assertion of faith; for if there be no fair faith in future betterment, why bear with evil and evil-doers?
JAMES VILA BLAKE
"Of Patience", Essays
There is no such thing as preaching patience into people, unless the sermon is so long that they have to practice it while they hear. No man can learn patience except by going out into the hurlyburly world, and taking life just as it blows. Patience is but lying to, and riding out the gale.
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Life Thoughts
Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.
MARGARET ATWOOD
The Penelopiad
Patience and shuffle the cards.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.
PAULO COELHO
Veronika Decides to Die
If I could store any character quality in a cookie jar, I'd store patience. Chocolate-chip patience cookies. And I'd eat them all at one sitting.
JAROD KINTZ
This Book Is Not for Sale
Patience will achieve more than force.
EDMUND BURKE
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Patience, for instance, is not a feeling. Patience is the description of a behavior. One can choose to act patiently even while the feeling of frustration tempts him to choose inappropriate behavior.
ANDY ANDREWS
The Noticer Collection: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg not by smashing it open.
ARNOLD GLASGOW
attributed, Proverbs: Discovering Ancient Wisdom for a Postmodern World, vol. 2
Patience is the magic miller that grinds all the grist that comes to his mill and in grinding transforms the bad into the good. The supreme human need is patience, for patience alone keeps a man in control of himself and of his circumstances.
ALLYN KING FOSTER
Cartoons in Character
Patience is a virile virtue; it does not mean lying down under affliction, but standing up under it and marching on.
WALTER LOWRIE
The Church Standard, December 8, 1906
I have learned over the years, patience is the single most important ingredient to wellness and success, whether you care about enlightenment or not.
LAUREN IMPARATO
Retox: Yoga, Food, Attitude
I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.
RAINER MARIA RILKE
Letters to a Young Poet
He who endures with patience is a conqueror.
LATIN PROVERB
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
MARGARET THATCHER
The Observer, April 4, 1989