Quotes about Patience

Life in a prison cell may well be compared to Advent; one waits, hopes, and does this, that, or the other - things that are really of no consequence — the door is shut, and can be opened only from the outside.

In particular, our church will have to confront the vices of hubris, the worship of power, envy, and illusionism as the roots of all evil. It will have to speak of moderation, authenticity, trust, faithfulness, steadfastness, patience, discipline, humility, modesty, contentment.

Only because the message concerning Jesus Christ must still go forth and find believers, and because our task is not yet perfected, does God in His patience continue to sustain us with His good gifts.

Whoever does not know the austere blessedness of waiting—that is, of hopefully doing without—will never experience the full blessing of fulfillment.

We do not complain of what God does not give us; we rather thank God for what He does give us daily.

For Christians the beginning of the day should not be burdened and oppressed with besetting concerns for the day's work. At the threshold of the new day stands the Lord who made it.

Christ is knocking. It's still not Christmas, but it's also still not the great last Advent, the last coming of Christ.

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up the rain.

In order to get to the rainbow you must be able to deal with the rain.

The way I see it, you've gotta put up with the rain to get a rainbow.

The way I see it, if you want a rainbow you have to put up with the rain.