Quotes about Patience

Life, if well lived, is long enough.

Soon is not as good as now.

When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

de Chardin said, "Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We would like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet, it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability — and that it may take a very long time. Above all, trust in the slow work of God, our loving vine-dresser.

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Violence is often the instrument of those who are impatient, those who lack imagination, those who cannot wait on justice or freedom or redemption.

What if I had not believed that I should see the goodness of the LORD : in the land of the living! O tarry and await the LORD's pleasure; be strong, and he shall comfort your heart : wait patiently for the LORD.

Lord, as the seasons turn, creation teaches us of grief, patience, and renewal. Make us good students of these rhythms that we might not hurry the work of grief but receive the gift of your presence in our time of need. Amen.

Grow us slowly, persistently, and deeply, Lord, to be people who watch without distraction, listen without interruption, and stay put without inclination to flee. Amen.

God has, quite literally, all the time in the world for each one of us.

I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.

I believe I don't know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. I know who and what holds the future. I trust that beyond this space and time, all is well, and all will be well.