Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

patience

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 quotes from Elbert Hubbard

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. 2 more quotes 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 wisdom & wit from John Quincy Adams

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

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

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

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

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 sayings from Jerry Garcia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice. 4 quotes from Holbrook Jackson

Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity. 17 more wisdom & wit from Sammy Davis, Jr.

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

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

Endurance is patience concentrated. 58 views from Thomas Carlyle

It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. 46 other thoughts from George Santayana

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. 4 wisdom & wit from Evelyn Underhill

Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair. 8 more wisdom & wit from Matthew Arnold

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

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

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

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

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 thoughts from Moliere

Patience is the best medicine. 3 thoughts from John Florio

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. 67 other wisdom & wit from Francis Bacon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Abused patience turns to fury. 45 quotes from Thomas Fuller

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

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

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. 24 wisdom & wit from James Russell Lowell

Humility is attentive patience. 25 views from Simone Weil

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 quotes from Elihu Root

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

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 other thoughts from Michelangelo