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 Faulkner

And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.

William Faulkner

A mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

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.

Samuel Johnson

Patience and submission are very carefully to be distinguished from cowardice and indolence. We are not to repine, but we may lawfully struggle; for the calamities of life, like the necessities of Nature, are calls to labor and diligence.

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?

Guus Hiddink

Robert is on his way, but we need more time and patience,

Bill Cowher

Patience is a virtue. If you have the right people.

Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

If you're struggling or young, you couldn't have a better guy. Because he has unbelievable patience and perseverance.

I just say thanks for their patience. But I'm going to rebuild Eden.

Jose Marti

Strength comes from waiting.

Kurt Busch

I guess good things come to those who wait.

Khaleda Zia

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.

Henry Rollins

I have not the smarts or patience for political office.

Mahatma Gandhi

To lose patience is to lose the battle.

James Russell Lowell

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Laurence Sterne

When the precipitancy of a man's wishes hurries on his ideas ninety times faster than the vehicle he rides in--woe be to truth!

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

John Ciardi

Patience is the art of caring slowly.

Emily Dickinson

And then--a Day as huge As Yesterdays in pairs, Unrolled its horror in my face-- Until it blocked my eyes

It takes patience because you have to be willing to get the wrong answers. But in the end, it's a better technique.

Carolyn Heilbrun

as the years go on a sense of deep patience comes over one; one seems to know the virtue of ripeness, and the danger of rushing events.

Evan Harris

Patience may be a virtue, but quitting is an art.

Ovid

Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial.

Marshall Field

More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power of kindness; 11) The wisdom of economy; 12) The virtue of patience.

Muhammad Ali

Whoever knocks persistently, ends by entering.