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 more views from George MacDonald

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

Endurance is patience concentrated. 58 quotes from Thomas Carlyle

Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair. 8 more views 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 thoughts from Phillips Brooks

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

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice. 4 more views 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 quotes from Isaac Newton

Patience means restraining one's inclinations. 2 more wisdom & wit from Tokugawa Ieyasu

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

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

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

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. 4 other quotes from Saadi

He that can have patience can have what he will. 96 more thoughts from Benjamin Franklin

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

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

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

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

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. 45 more thoughts from Thomas Fuller

Abused patience turns to fury. 45 more wisdom & wit 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 quotes from Moliere

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

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. 24 views 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 views 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 sayings from Elihu Root

Humility is attentive patience. 25 more quotes from Simone Weil

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. 45 views 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 wisdom & wit 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 thoughts 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 other wisdom & wit from Cesar Chavez

Genius is eternal patience. 16 quotes from Michelangelo

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

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

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

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. 135 wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

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

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. 31 quotes 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 wisdom & wit from Elbert Hubbard

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. 14 wisdom & wit from Thomas Hardy

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

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. 2 thoughts from George Savile

Patience and time do more than strength or passion. 15 other wisdom & wit from Jean de La Fontaine

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. 7 sayings 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 views from Jerry Garcia

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

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

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

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it. 2 quotes from Edith Sitwell

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. 21 more quotes from Laurence J. Peter

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. 21 more 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 quotes 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 quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

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

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

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee. 8 quotes 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 views from Gertrude Jekyll