Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cole Younger

They had scarcely established themselves, however, before another company of Jackson county citizens, chiefly from around Independence, organized to drive them off.

William Hazlitt

We go a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences; to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others. It is because I want a little breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters. . . .

John Woolman

We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about a mile from where we lodged.

Ameen Rihani

Weak and oppressed nations are fundamentally spiritual; strong nations are, as a rule, chiefly materialistic.

Sathya Baba

Love must flow not from the tongue or from the head only, but chiefly from the heart.

Margaret Anderson

My unreality is chiefly this: I have never felt much like a human being. It's a splendid feeling.

P. Herbert

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, / Like seasoned timber, never gives; / But though the whole world turn to coal, / Then chiefly lives.

G. H. Hardy

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

St. Francis

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.

Charles Stanley

The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards.

Charles Spurgeon

Never was the victory of patience more complete than in the early church. The anvil broke the hammer by bearing all the blows that the hammer could place upon it. The patience of the saints was stronger than the cruelty of tyrants.

Edith Sitwell

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.

David Duchovny

I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.

William Shakespeare

Patience is sottish, and impatience does become a dog that's mad.

William Shakespeare

A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.

Aaron Spelling

A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?

Charlotte Bronte

It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you.