Quotes about Patience
Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.
— Denzel Washington
Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
— St. Augustine
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Though our trials are diverse, there is one thing the Lord expects of us no matter our difficulties and sorrows: He expects us to press on.
— Joseph Wirthlin
We often don't realize that where God puts us is the very place we need to be to receive what He wants to give us.
— Priscilla Shirer
Discipline yourself to do the things you need to do when you need to do them, and the day will come when you will be able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them!
— Zig Ziglar
Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.
— Abraham Lincoln
Stop waiting for what you want, and start working what you've got. Your greatest limitation is God's greatest opportunity.
— Steven Furtick
What might God be trying to grow in your character or cement in your relationship with Him by keeping you separated from some of the things you want but don't yet have?
— Priscilla Shirer
We pray when there's nothing else we can do; Jesus wants us to pray before we do anything at all.
— Oswald Chambers
Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.
— Thomas Merton
Unexpected wonders happen, not on schedule, or when you expect or want them to happen, but if you keep hanging around, they do happen.
— Wendell Berry