Quotes about Patience
They that seek the LORD shall not want [lack] any good thing' (Psalm 34:10). If it is good for us, we shall have it; if it is not good for us, then the withholding of it is good.
— Thomas Watson
Every cross, to a child of God, is like Paul's cross wind, which, though it broke the ship, it brought Paul to shore upon the broken pieces.
— Thomas Watson
If it is good for us, we shall have it; if it is not good for us, then the withholding of it is good.
— Thomas Watson
A godly man puts a kind interpretation upon providence.
— Thomas Watson
After a bitter pill, God gives sugar.
— Thomas Watson
And if the criticized person takes it quietly without rancor, not striking back but constantly loving, he will gather in friends faster than his critics can manufacture enemies.
— Norman Vincent Peale
It is always too soon to quit.
— Norman Vincent Peale
They are not easily irritated or annoyed. Some people seem to be able to rise above their irritations and they are fun to be with because they are poised and even-tempered. They seem to live on an upper level emotionally and are not easily riled up. They keep in a good humor and spirit.
— Norman Vincent Peale
It's always too soon to quit!
— Norman Vincent Peale
Take all the fuming and fretting of the media with a grain of salt. Much of today's news isn't really new. Most of it has happened before and before that.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Lord: "I believe You have a plan for my life, so there must be some purpose in my getting fired. Instead of railing against my fate, I humbly ask You to show me the purpose in what has happened." Once he began to believe there had been a reason and some meaning behind what had happened to him, it was easier to rid himself of resentment against his former employers.
— Norman Vincent Peale
To go fast, row slowly.
— Norman Vincent Peale