1,945 Quotes About Patience

Even the best inborn potentialities for achievement do not render unnecessary patient and persistent practice.

You cannot understand how much patience I need in order not to lose my patience, so that I can withstand all this misfortune all by myself.Nikos Kazantzakis, from a letter to Galatea Kazantzaki wr. c. June 1922

I should learn patience, it's a shame there's no time for that.

God can be patient with you until you understand what He is saying.

Patience is the friend of virtue.

How we would like to argue with September, and tell her that in the waiting lies the pleasure! That we here in the world of sensible folk know how to wait without twisted-up bellies and tapping feet and wishing for the sun to hurry up and rise and set. That a clever person is never bored, and a bored person is never clever. But though I am sly, I am a trickster, I am even cruel—I cannot lie.

hate school but love school and threat it right so you can be where you love to be all right?

Men can't read minds, you know. If you want something done, ask him. You never ask. You only expect. Also, when you want something done, you expect it right away in your perfect timing. You need to learn to be more patient. You are only focusing on what he isn't. You need to focus on what he is.

Life is unpredictable. Situations will move at their own pace, especially the ones we have no control over. We find ourselves at times, angry at a possible scenario in a situation that hasn’t even happen yet. Then, the exact opposite happens. Looking back at the thoughts wasted and false anguish, we’re all better off with patience and an open mind.