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. 46 more quotes from George Santayana

The principle part of faith is patience. 12 quotes from George MacDonald

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love. 12 more views from Rudyard Kipling

Endurance is patience concentrated. 58 other views from Thomas Carlyle

Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair. 8 quotes from Matthew Arnold

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. 4 views from Evelyn Underhill

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious. 7 sayings from Phillips Brooks

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity. 17 other sayings from Sammy Davis, Jr.

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice. 4 more wisdom & wit from Holbrook Jackson

Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength. 30 quotes from Charles Caleb Colton

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought. 5 wisdom & wit from Isaac Newton

Patience means restraining one's inclinations. 2 thoughts from Tokugawa Ieyasu

Patience is the best medicine. 3 wisdom & wit from John Florio

Hope is patience with the lamp lit. 10 more quotes from Tertullian

Our patience will achieve more than our force. 37 more quotes from Edmund Burke

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. 4 more views from Saadi

He that can have patience can have what he will. 96 other quotes from Benjamin Franklin

He preacheth patience that never knew pain. 2 sayings from H. G. Bohn

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. 2 other thoughts from Tokugawa Ieyasu

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. 3 wisdom & wit from Solomon Ibn Gabirol

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it. 12 sayings from Thomas a Kempis

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. 45 wisdom & wit from Thomas Fuller

Abused patience turns to fury. 45 more views from Thomas Fuller

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. 15 more quotes from Moliere

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. 67 sayings from Francis Bacon

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. 24 more sayings from James Russell Lowell

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. 30 sayings from George Washington

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. 2 views from Elihu Root

Humility is attentive patience. 25 thoughts from Simone Weil

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. 45 more thoughts from John Ruskin

I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient. 31 other quotes from Gertrude Stein

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. 12 quotes from Julius Caesar

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance. 3 quotes from Cesar Chavez

Genius is eternal patience. 16 thoughts from Michelangelo

No, I will be the pattern of all patience I will say nothing. 81 quotes from William Shakespeare

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? 81 quotes from William Shakespeare

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. 3 views from Hal Borland

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. 135 other thoughts from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness. 33 other quotes from Thomas Huxley

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. 3 other quotes from Hal Borland

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. 22 quotes from Soren Kierkegaard

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. 31 thoughts from Helen Keller

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. 59 thoughts from Elbert Hubbard

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. 14 sayings from Thomas Hardy

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting. 3 sayings from Robert Falcon Scott

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. 2 wisdom & wit from George Savile

Patience and time do more than strength or passion. 15 quotes from Jean de La Fontaine

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. 7 views from John Quincy Adams

I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project. 4 more quotes from Jerry Garcia

Patience is the art of hoping. 10 other thoughts from Luc de Clapiers

Beware the fury of a patient man. 17 more sayings from John Dryden

Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry. 2 more thoughts from Bret Harte

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. 2 more wisdom & wit from Edith Sitwell

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. 21 other wisdom & wit from Laurence J. Peter

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. 21 other views from Leo Tolstoy

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own. 90 wisdom & wit from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience. 27 more thoughts from Kin Hubbard

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. 100 other quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. 28 other thoughts from Napoleon Hill

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. 15 other thoughts from William Penn

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee. 8 views from Helen Hayes

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust. 3 more thoughts from Gertrude Jekyll