Quotes about Patience

A man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels.

this too shall pass

August] 26th. [1862] I am a patient man, always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance; and also to give ample time for repentance.

Slow but steady wins the race.

The Woman and Her Hen A WOMAN possessed a Hen that gave her an egg every day. She often pondered how she might obtain two eggs daily instead of one, and at last, to gain her purpose, determined to give the Hen a double allowance of barley. From that day the Hen became fat and sleek, and never once laid another egg.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

Perseverance is surer than swiftness.

One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: This too shall pass.

Nature's kind trick is to make everything happen so slowly that we don't get as scared as we should.

An urgent wish is no guarantor of a sound solution.

He will need to learn that love is a skill rather than an enthusiasm.

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right.