Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

patience

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.

The principle part of faith is patience.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.

Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

Patience is the best medicine.

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He preacheth patience that never knew pain.

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

Abused patience turns to fury.

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.

Humility is attentive patience.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

Genius is eternal patience.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience I will say nothing.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust.