1,945 Quotes About Patience

Patience is real self-mastery.

Extraordinary power exists in a trial of patience. Few endure their trials well enough to discover this.

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

Impatience is racing at misery full speed.

She was not vain enough to work her will against the world. But she could use the things the world had given her.

To love, we need to be sensitive to those around us, which is impossible if we are racing through life engrossed in all the things we need to do before sunset. In fact, I would go to the extent of saying that a person who is always late will find it difficult to love; he will be in too much of a hurry.

Never assume that because you cannot see the answer, there is no answer. There is. Give it prayer. Give it faith. Give it patience. Give it time. You will have your answer eventually.

Trying to go faster than the Lord’s timing is like trying to cross a bridge before the entire structure is built. Trust God. Trust his timetable. He will help you traverse stormy waters safely.

I realized that the deepest spiritual lessons are not learned by His letting us have our way in the end, but by His making us wait, bearing with us in love and patience until we are able to honestly to pray what He taught His disciples to pray: Thy will be done.