Quotes about Patience

God doesn't owe you an explanation or reason for everything he asks you to do. Understanding can wait, but obedience can't. Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions. In fact, you will never understand some commands until you obey them first. Obedience unlocks understanding.

They are your family, even when they don't act like it, and you can't just walk out on them. Instead God tells us, "Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love." 7

This is another day, O Lord... If I am to stand up, help me to stand bravely. If I am to sit still, help me to sit quietly. If I am to lie low, help me to do it patiently. And if I am to do nothing, let me do it gallantly.

God wants us to have faith that does not complain while waiting, but rejoices because we know our times are in His hands ... hands that labour for our highest good.

The kingdom of God is like a mustard seed. It happens quietly. It happens inevitably. Don't underestimate God's power.

Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast.

Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.

Taking a step without knowing the end result is the only way we develop faith and not only this, it's a practice that connects us with a power greater than ourselves.

Do not expect God always to give you His thrilling minutes, but learn to live in the domain of drudgery by the power of God.

Where God guides, He provides. No matter how things look, God is still in control. Stay in peace and be hopeful. Your blessing is coming soon.

Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.

God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us the more largely.