1,945 Quotes About Patience

A veteran of failure is harder, robust, and more durable than a billion-pound diamond rock.

As I watched the green leaves shrivel brown and fall, I longed for you. When the sun light seared upon the glistening snow, blinding me; with eyes squeezed tight, I waited for you. As countless people walked by about their lives; rejecting me, perhaps not even seeing me at all; with a devastating ache of loneliness; I endured for you.

Time also needs Time to prove its worthiness.

You never know who's going to hold the keys to the castle. It's tempting to think you're too important to speak to the young intern who's been sent to interview you or the blogger who only has fifty followers. But if they approach you respectfully and earnestly, you should never be so stupid and arrogant as to dismiss them. If you brush off one too many smart kids, you're bound to make a lifelong enemy out of a future media mogul.

Half the ingratitude and complacency in the world down to how slowly and imperceptibly most good and bad things unfold.

Remember that churches would be empty ruins without the sinners who transform them into places of life, love and worship.

Patience is supported & nurtured by a quality of forgiveness.

She’d always heard that praying for patience was dangerous because God could send adversity to teach patience. But she decided adversity had already arrived, and she really needed patience right now. Hers was onion-skin thin.

He explained, however, that the Eucharist is about the unity of the church. If a majority vote determined the matter, then the unity would be betrayed. He noted that some people in the church might not be ready to make this move. He would call a meeting, inviting those who might have reservations to come and express their worries … If they strongly dissented, we would have to wait.