Quotes about Serenity
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
— Teresa of Avila
Patience cannot remove, but it can always dignify and alleviate, misfortune.
— Laurence Sterne
May nothing wind you up, nothing affright you; everything comes and goes. God, still, just there; through patience all will be achieved. If you have God, you lack nothing: God alone will do.
— Teresa of Avila
Let nothing disturb thee, Let nothing affright thee; All passeth away: God only shall stay. Patience wins all: Who hath God, needeth nothing; For God is his All.
— Thomas a Kempis
Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.
— Henry David Thoreau
Great is the advantage of patience.
— John Tillotson
Patience obtains everything.
— Teresa of Avila
I have learned long ago to possess my soul in patience and accept the inevitable.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us
— Teresa of Avila
In a world of noise, confusion and conflict it is necessary that there be places of silence, inner discipline and peace. In such places love can blossom.
— Thomas Merton
Peace doesn't come from finding a lake with no storms. It comes from having Jesus in the boat.
— John Ortberg