Quotes about Patience
You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
— Anonymous
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
— Euripides
Patience and fortitude conquer all things.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
— Epictetus
All things come to him who waits- provided he knows what he is waiting for.
— Woodrow Wilson
Judge each day not by it's harvest, but by the seeds you plant.
— Anonymous
Keep trying. Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time.
— Audrey Hepburn
Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
— Francis de Sales
Even though we can't have all we want, we ought to be thankful we don't get all we deserve.
— Anonymous
"You are accepted!" ... accepted by that which is greater than you and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask the name now, perhaps you will know it later. Do not try to do anything, perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything, do not perform anything, do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted.
— Paul Tillich
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.
— John F. Kennedy
Habit is habit, and not to be thrown out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
— Mark Twain