226 quotes
“The good general cultivates his resources and bides his time before striking.”
— Sun Tzu
“Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished”
— Lao Tzu
“No man can have patience who has not strong passions.”
— Michel de Montaigne
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.”
— Robert Frost
“No great thing is created suddenly.”
— Epictetus
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through.”
— Maya Angelou
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
— Zora Neale Hurston
“Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“One must learn to be patient and find that things will come to one in their own good time.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
“Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished.”
“Man is unjust, but God is just; and justice finally triumphs.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Dripping water hollows out stone not through force but through persistence.”
— Ovid
“A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair.”
— Rumi
“Do not be afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
— Unknown
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”
— John Quincy Adams
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
— Tao Te Ching
“The strongest of all warriors are these two: time and patience”
— Leo Tolstoy
“The mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small.”
— Friedrich von Logau
“Let nothing disturb you let nothing frighten you. All things pass away. God never changes. Patience obtains all things including peace.”
— Teresa of Avila
— Saadi Shirazi
“Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.”
— Plautus
“Patience and fortitude conquer all things.”
“The net of the sleeper catches fish.”
“Patience is not sitting and waiting it is foreseeing and faith is the telescope through which we see the future”
“The prayer that begins with trustfulness and passes on into waiting will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise.”
— Alexander Maclaren
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
“Patience is the companion of wisdom, and hope is its handmaid.”
— Augustine of Hippo
“Time and tide wait for no man, but time always comes back with the tide.”
— Thiruvalluvar
“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.”
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
“Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime therefore we must be saved by hope.”
— Reinhold Niebuhr
“Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.”
— Marie Curie
“Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.”
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time”
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.”
— Rilke
“Effort does not betray. But sometimes patience is needed.”
— Anonymous
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. They bring peace to all things.”
“Justice is not to be taken by storm she is to be wooed by slow advances”
— Benjamin Cardozo
“From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.”
— Aeschylus
“Do not be afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.”
“Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait and wait without anxiety.”
— Gabby Bernstein
“Results are delayed rewards for repeated effort.”
— DuckyHeals
“The strongest of all warriors in the family are these two: Time and Patience.”
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words: wait and hope.”
— Alexandre Dumas
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know and wonder is the patient teacher”
— Pema Chodron
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
— William Faulkner
“No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time.”
“I trained four years to run nine seconds and people give up when they do not see results in two months.”
— Usain Bolt
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone”
— Alan Watts
“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone and kindness is the patience that lets it settle”
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope”
“The drop of rain maketh a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.”
— Hugh Latimer
“There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.”
— Anthony Trollope
“Time doesn't solve everything, but it makes many things possible.”
“Effort never betrays. It just takes time.”
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
“I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy”
“No great thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig if you tell me that you desire a fig I answer you that there must be time”
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know in our solitude”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Peace is what happens when patience meets understanding.”
— Seneca
“Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know”
“The journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one's feet.”
“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
— Charles Dickens
“Hope is patience with the lamp lit.”
— Tertullian
“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. Peace is the reward of patience.”
“Govern a family as you would cook a small fish — very gently.”
“Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait and wait without anxiety”
“Patience is the companion of wisdom, and hope is the path that wisdom walks.”
“The big money is not in the buying or selling but in the waiting”
— Charlie Munger
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
— Emerson
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
“Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.”
— Francis de Sales
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
“The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.”
— John Berry
“Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things.”
— Aristotle
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves”
“Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.”
— Confucius
“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
“Even in the winter, even in the dark, the sun does not lose its strength. It merely waits to return.”
“In every outward push of the sea is a vast and remarkable patience.”
— Rachel Carson
“Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.”
— Jack Ma
“The roots of education are bitter but the fruit is sweet.”
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago”
— Warren Buffett
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.”
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. The answers will come bringing peace.”
“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves.”
“No great thing is created suddenly any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig”
“There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.”
— Desmond Tutu
“Patience persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success”
— Napoleon Hill
“Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.”
— Miguel de Cervantes
“The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.”
— Tokugawa Ieyasu
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart.”
“There is no peace without patience for peace unfolds in its own time.”
— Sophocles
“Let nothing disturb you let nothing frighten you. All things are passing away. God never changes. Patience obtains all things.”
“Time deals gently only with those who take it gently.”
— Anatole France
“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”
— Socrates
“Patience achieves everything and faith makes patience possible in the face of any trial”
“It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.”
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.”
“Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear.”
“Time brings all things to pass.”
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
— Harriet Tubman
“Overcoming of anger is the basis of justice, and patience its proof.”
— Ali ibn Abi Talib
“He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.”
— Thomas Secker
“Time is the wisest counsellor of all.”
— Pericles
“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.”
“The years teach much which the days never know.”
“Have patience all things are difficult before they become easy and kindness makes the difficulty bearable”
“Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.”
“Patience is the companion of wisdom, and the foundation of all great enterprises.”
— Thomas Aquinas
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time and faith enlists them both on our behalf”
“The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.”
— Sextus Empiricus
“Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.”
— Pope Francis
“Simplicity patience and compassion are the three greatest treasures a person can possess”
— Laozi
“He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.”
— Leonardo da Vinci
“Spring comes even after the harshest winter.”
“Act nothing in a furious passion. It is putting to sea in a storm.”
— Thomas Fuller
“If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day. When you reach thirty days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.”
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
“Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury in family healing.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.”
— Hal Borland
“Adapt adjust accommodate. Bear insult bear injury. This is the highest spiritual practice.”
— Swami Sivananda
“The darkest hours are just before the dawn.”
“There are years in family life that ask questions and years that answer.”
“Simplicity patience compassion these three are your greatest treasures”
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you ever get polished?”
“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.”
“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper and our wonder to deepen”
— Terry Pratchett
“There is no failure if you don't give up.”
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”
— Theodore Parker
“Becoming requires equal parts patience and rigor.”
— Michelle Obama
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer”
“Patience now will result in achievement later.”
“The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine.”
“Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive at your destination”
— Milarepa
“However long the night, the dawn will break.”
— African Proverb
“Be slow to fall into friendship but when you are in continue firm and constant”
“Patience is a bitter fruit, but its fruit is sweet.”
“Patience is the key to joy; haste is the key to sorrow.”
“Let nothing disturb you let nothing frighten you all things are passing away God never changes patience obtains all things”
“Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished and this fills the wise with wonder”
“The longest day has its end.”
“Sitting quietly doing nothing spring comes and the grass grows by itself”
— Zen Proverb
“Nature never hurries, yet everything is accomplished.”
“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.”
“Let nothing disturb you let nothing frighten you all things are passing away but God never changes and faith is patient”
“Today is hard tomorrow will be worse but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine”
“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
“Nature does not hurry yet everything is accomplished through simplicity”
“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves with wonder”
“Above all trust in the slow work of God.”
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
“Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves with faith”
“Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.”
— Hippocrates
“To those who by persistence in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life.”
— Paul the Apostle
“Time heals what reason cannot.”
“A true friend unbosoms freely advises justly assists readily adventures boldly and takes all patiently”
— William Penn
“Success comes to those who work hard and know how to wait.”
— Thomas Edison
“The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another's little lapses.”
— David Storey
“Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”
— Henry David Thoreau
“An evil deed does not turn to cream right away, but like fire covered with ashes, it follows the fool, smoldering.”
— Gautama Buddha
“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them.”
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as part of healing”
— Saint Augustine
“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear”
“Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet”
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
— Thomas à Kempis
“Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.”
“Half of thankfulness is patience and half is gratitude to God.”
— Imam Ghazali
“It is not that I'm so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.”
“If thou wouldst be borne with, then bear with others.”
“Patience is a habit.”
“Time is the best doctor.”
— Yiddish Proverb
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