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

patience

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

Genius is eternal patience. 16 more quotes from Michelangelo

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

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

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

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

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

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

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. 3 more wisdom & wit from Hal Borland

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 thoughts from Jerry Garcia

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

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. 21 wisdom & wit from Leo Tolstoy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Endurance is patience concentrated. 58 more quotes from Thomas Carlyle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. 45 other wisdom & wit 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 wisdom & wit from Gertrude Stein

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

Humility is attentive patience. 25 more wisdom & wit from Simone Weil