Famous Quotes & Sayings

William Shenstone

Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?

Samuel Johnson

In all evils which admits a remedy, impatience should be avoided, because it wastes the time and attention in complaints which, if properly applied, might remove the cause.

William H. Gass

We have scarcely gotten home ... when our children's sneezes greet us, skinned knees bleed after waiting all day to do so. There is the bellyache and the burned-out basement bulb, the stalled car and the incontinent cat. The windows frost, the toilets sweat, the body of our spouse is one cold shoulder and the darkness of our bedroom is soon full of the fallen shadows of our failures.

William Golding

He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.

William Arthur Ward

The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.

William Feather

Whether it's marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.

William Prescott

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.

Wilkie Collins

This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.

William Makepeace Thackeray

To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted my no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forgo even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

Wallace Stegner

History is not the proper midden for digging up novelties. Perhaps that is one reason why a nation bent on novelty ignores it.

Luc de Clapiers

Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.

Ashleigh Brilliant

One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.

Benjamin Disraeli

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

Adam Carolla

The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.

Ringo Starr

I couldn't put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would've stayed with the band.

Ron Gardenhire

He's just rushing. He's not being patient enough.

Garry McPeek

We have to be patient and take what they give us.

Rocky Peterson

I could see we started off intense, but tight. We were patient offensively, but not aggressive.

William Kamkwamba

One thing that has helped me to become patient and cool is that I grew up with sisters.

Edward Miller

Patients who are receiving therapies, come here for hope, are not going to be able to receive that because of this issue.

Michael Brown

I need the American people to recognize how catastrophic this is, to be patient and to work with us.

Margaret Thatcher

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

Suzanne Lindley

There still are patients who wind up strapped. Sometimes they don't get treatment.

Jeff Trewhitt

It's a lot of responsibility to put on the patient and doctor. We strongly urge that pill splitting not be pursued.