Patience is a quality that is often admired and valued. It is the ability to wait calmly and persistently in difficult or challenging situations. Many people believe that patience is a virtue that can bring about positive outcomes. Quotes about patience often highlight its importance in achieving success and happiness. They encourage individuals to remain calm and steadfast, even when faced with obstacles or delays. These quotes remind us that patience can lead to great accomplishments and that good things come to those who wait.
Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. — Fulton J. Sheen
I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Short Patience Quotes
What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience. — Saint Francis de Sales
Only a burning patience will lead to the attainment of a splendid happiness. — Pablo Neruda
Desires make slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves. — Al-Ghazali
He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience. — William Golding
Be patient with yourself, nothing in nature blooms all year.
The Power Of Patience Quotes
The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make sickness itself a prayer, for there is none more powerful, save martyrdom! — Saint Francis de Sales
We need to learn and embrace patience. Patience is a holy key that will unlock the door to a more fulfilling life. Behind the blessed door of patience are found better parents, powerful teachers, great businessmen, wise masters, and a more compassionate world. — Steve Maraboli
We need to strengthen such inner values as contentment, patience and tolerance, as well as compassion for others. Keeping in mind that it is expressions of affection rather than money and power that attract real friends, compassion is the key to ensuring our own well-being. — Dalai Lama
Patience and fortitude conquer all things.
To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance. — Oscar Wilde
More things to remember:
7) The value of time;
8) The pleasure of working;
9) The obligation of duty;
10) The power of kindness;
11) The wisdom of economy;
12) The virtue of patience. — Marshall Field
[Today's left] would have left us with Slobodan Milosevic in power, Bosnia ethnically cleansed, Kosovo part of Greater Serbia, Afghanistan under the Taliban, and Iraq the property of a psychopathic crime family. Now, I'm sorry to say, I've no patience with that leftist mentality anymore. — Christopher Hitchens
To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
Because I frequently encountered obstacles such as old, entrenched ideas, ongoing power struggles, or the lack of staff and money, I also learned to develop patience and detachment. — Corinne McLaughlin
It was my honor to have done what I could do to help. I learned to never underestimate the possibility of change, that values have power and that time and patience can pay off, especially if you`re serious about your objectives. — Daniel Fried
A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it. — T. D. Jakes
And I may stand where health, success, and power Await my coming, if, each fleeting hour I cling to love and patience; and abide With stainlessness; and never step aside From high integrity; so shall I see At last the land of immortality. — James Allen
Losing Patience Quotes
Sabr is not remaining quiet and allowing anger to build up inside you. Sabr is to talk about what's bothering you without losing control of your emotions. — Nouman Ali Khan
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. — Carl Jung
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew. — Saint Francis de Sales
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
To lose patience is to lose the battle. — Mahatma Gandhi
If you are tempted to lose patience with your fellowman; stop and think how patient God has been with you. — Unknown
He who suffers in patience, surfers less and saves his soul. He who suffers impatiently, suffers more and loses his soul. — Alphonsus Liguori
Patience is power.
Lack of patience is probably the most common reason for losing a game, or drawing games that should have been won. — Bent Larsen
Every hero is a Samson. The strong man succumbs to the intrigues of the weak and the many; and if in the end he loses all patience he crushes both them and himself. — Arthur Schopenhauer
I lose patience with long stories. I get people who go, "Crumb, do some long stories, do a graphic novel." Novel-schmovel. — Robert Crumb
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew - — St. Francis De Sales
Keep Patience Quotes
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. — Saadi Shirazi
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. — Leo Tolstoy
Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything. — Rainer Maria Rilke
The farmer has patience and trusts the process. He just has the faith and deep understanding that through his daily efforts, the harvest will come.And then one day, almost out of nowhere, it does. — Robin Sharma
Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.
The hardest part in fulfilling your vision is the initial momentum to get started… so keep pushing forward!!! It will be worth it in the end. — Russell Brunson
Why is patience so important?" "Because it makes us pay attention. — Paulo Coelho
The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy
I realized wherever you are, if you make the most of what you’ve got, you can find a way to keep moving forward. — Michael J. Massimino
Faith And Patience Quotes
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. — Max Lucado
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest. — Max Lucado
Live simply and without thinking too much, like a child with his father. Faith without too much thinking works wonders. The logical mind hinders the Grace of God and miracles. Practice patience without judging with the logical mind. — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
Two things define you : Your patience when you have nothing, and your attitude when you have everything.
Love isn't something natural. Rather it requires discipline, concentration, patience, faith, and the overcoming of narcissism. It isn't a feeling, it is a practice. — Erich Fromm
It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad. — Julie Bowen
Patience is not passive, on the contrary it is concentrated strength.
How can you lay claim to faith, when you have no patience at all. Surely you must have heard the saying of the prophet, peace and blessings be upon him "patience is to faith, as the head is to the body." — Abdul-Qadir Gilani
I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader. — Stephen Covey
There are very few real teachers. Teaching is not a job; it is a vocation. To be a great one many qualities must be combined: love of truth, knowledge, reverence, loving concern for one's students, clarity and patience. — Alice von Hildebrand
Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands - a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world. — Sid Lovett
Silence And Patience Quotes
If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character." — Charles Alexander Eastman
Silence, as someone has said, is the mother of prayer and the nurse of holy thoughts. Silence cuts down on our sins, doesn't it? We can't be sinning in so many different ways if we are being quiet before God. Silence nourishes patience, charity, discretion. — Elisabeth Elliot
I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words. — John Milton
He who can have patience can have what he will.
Patience; accomplish thy labor; accomplish thy work of affection!
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.
Therefore accomplish thy labor of love, till the heart is made godlike,
Purified, strengthened, perfected, and rendered more worthy of heaven. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There are times when God asks nothing of his children except silence, patience and tears. — C. S. Robinson
Jesus wept once; possibly more than once. There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience, and tears. — Charles Seymour Robinson
Patience, prayer and silence-these are what give strength to the soul. — Mary Faustina Kowalska
If men wound you with injuries, meet them with patience; hasty words rankle the wound, soft language dresses it, forgiveness cures it, and oblivion takes away the scar. It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it. — Francis Beaumont
come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain — W. S. Merwin
Have Patience Quotes
If you have friends or family who are not practicing, give them your company and not your judgment. They need your patience and your love. Allah is sufficient for judgment and He subhanahu wa ta'ala is a perfect Judge. We are not. — Nouman Ali Khan
We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
He that can have patience can have what he will. — Benjamin Franklin
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. — Marie Curie
All beginnings are somewhat strange; but we must have patience, and little by little, we shall find things, which at first were obscure, becoming clearer. — Vincent de Paul
If you have a wounded heart, touch it as little as you would an injured eye. There are only two remedies for the suffering of the soul: hope and patience. — Pythagoras
Have patience with all things - but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that. — Saint Francis de Sales
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. — Lao Tzu
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. — Lao Tzu
We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence. — Cornel West
Being Patience Quotes
Avoiding the temptation to sin and being patient upon that, is greater than being patient whilst being afflicted with trials. — Ibn Taymiyyah
A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
Beautiful leaving (hajr), is to leave without harming, beautiful pardoning is to pardon without rebuking, and beautiful patience is to be patient without complaining. — Ibn Taymiyyah
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. — Moli
This whole religion revolves around knowing the truth and acting by it, and action must be accompanied by patience. — Ibn Taymiyyah
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter. — Paulo Coelho
You cannot make your life move faster than it's moving. No matter how urgent your situation may seem to be, things are going to happen when they happen, not a minute sooner. Be patient with yourself. Be patient with others. Be patient with life. Patience always pays off. — Iyanla Vanzant
Grace is the wonderful spirit that imbues every fiber of our being when we practice the fruits of the spirit: kindness, patience, understanding, forgiveness, love, gentleness, fellowship and endurance. — Edgar Cayce
Three things differentiate living from the soul verses living from the ego only: the ability to sense and learn new ways, the tenacity to ride a rough road, and the patience to learn deep love over time. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
If we could look into each other’s hearts and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance, and care. — Marvin J. Ashton
All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now. — Brian Weiss
With love and patience, nothing is impossible. — Daisaku Ikeda
People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If theres patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights. — Pete Carroll
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice -- no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. — John Burroughs
Love opens all doors, no matter how tightly closed they may be, no matter how rusty from lack of use. Your work is to bring unity and harmony, to open all those doors which have been closed for a long time. Have patience and tolerance. Open your heart all the time. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
All that is needed for the majority of labors to go well is a healthy, pregnant woman who has loving support in labor, self-confidence , and attendants with infinite patience. — Sheila Kitzinger
The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full. — Rumi
I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Life Patience Quotes
Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake. — Voltaire
Good things come to those who wait. — Jess C Scott
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. — A. A. Milne
Patience, grasshopper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait." "I always thought that was 'Good things come to those who do the wave,'" said Simon. "No wonder I've been so confused all my life. — Cassandra Clare
Every relationship has a spiritual purpose that helps us grow and become stronger. Sometimes, our most challenging relationships bring the greatest personal blessings. From them we learn about forgiveness, patience, and other virtues. — Doreen Virtue
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. — John C. Bogle
Like anything worth doing in life, happiness takes time and patience and consistency. — Mark Manson
Who is the great man? He who is strongest in patience. He who patiently endures injury, and maintains a blameless life--he is a man indeed! — H. P. Blavatsky
Time And Patience Quotes
Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full. — Shams Tabrizi
Successful Investing takes time, discipline and patience. No matter how great the talent or effort, some things just take time: You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. — Warren Buffett
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. — Leo Tolstoy
Mother Nature, time, and patience are the three best doctors. — Bulgarian Proverbs
Time and patience brings a snail to Cork — Irish Proverbs
Investing is not about being right all the time; it is about being patient and disciplined. — Gautam Baid
I think long-term and on a long enough time scale. — Naval Ravikant
Architecture is a discipline that takes time and patience. If one spends enough years writing complex novels one might be able, someday, to construct a respectable haiku. — Thom Mayne
I know since my first fight in the UFC I can beat Ronda Rousey, but of course I have to take my time and put everything together. — Amanda Nunes
No Patience Quotes
If a man's patience is stronger than his whims and desires, then he is like an angel, but if his whims and desires are stronger than his patience, then he is like a devil. If his desire for food, drink and sex is stronger than his patience, then he is no better than an animal. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Each step may seem to take forever, but no matter how uninspired you feel, continue to follow your practice schedule precisely and consistently. This is how we can use our greatest enemy, habit, against itself. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech? No, learn forbearance or, I'll tell you what, You will be taught it, whether you will or not. — Geoffrey Chaucer
No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. — Warren Buffett
No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it — Jean De La Bruyere
Be patient. No matter how hard you work; progress won’t happen fast. Consistency, dedication, tenacity, and patience will take you farther than any other traits. — Layne Norton
There’s no price target. I expect we’ll be buying bitcoin at the local top forever. And I expect Bitcoin is going to go into the millions. So we’re very patient. We think it’s the future of money. — Michael Saylor
Patience And Perseverance Quotes
The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it. . . — Barack Obama
Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause. — Swami Vivekananda
In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a subject over a period of months or years. — Santiago Ramon y Cajal
To make money in stocks, you need to have vision to see them, courage to buy them and patience to hold them. Patience is the rarest of the three. — Thomas Phelps
Working with the right person can make the toughest day go well, and working with the wrong person can make the simplest task excruciatingly difficult. — Scott Kelly
If you want to achieve something, you’re going to run into roadblocks, but you have to learn how to pivot and explore your options. — Hannah Bronfman
Don’t give up when things get tough, just hang in there, stay focused and be patient. — Folorunsho Alakija
Change is not an event, but a process. It requires patience, perseverance, and determination. — Alexei Navalny
If you’re just focused on the product, you’ll get frustrated. If you’re focused on the impact, then the ups and downs are just part of the journey. — Russell Brunson
Many clubs rejected me, but I wanted to be a footballer and to learn as quickly as possible, so I persisted until I got into Real Sociedad when I was 13. — Antoine Griezmann
Long Patience Quotes
Cleaners don’t care about instant gratification. The invest in the long-term payoff. — Tim Grover
He goes long barefoot that waits for dead men’s shoes. — Scottish Proverbs
Instant gratification is the kiss of death. That mindset hurts anything it touches. Business, health, politics, friendship, relationship, finances. It attracts short-term thinkers and is turned off by long-term thinkers. Don't fall for this trap. — Patrick Bet-David
They call it perfect timing after years of long-term patience. — Steven Bartlett
In business, I think the most important thing is to position yourself for long-term and not be too impatient. — Bernard Arnault
God's chief way of acting is by persuasion and patience and long-suffering, not by coercion and stark confrontation. He acts by gentle solicitation and by sweet enticement. He always acts with unfailing respect for the freedom and independence that we possess. — Howard W. Hunter
The chemist who can extract from his heart's elements compassion, respect, longing, patience, regret, surprise, and forgiveness and compound them into one can create that atom which is called love — Kahlil Gibran
Invest like a bull, sit like a bear and watch like an eagle. (mantra for long term investing). — Vijay Kedia
Sometimes one waits too long for the perfect moment before snapping the picture. You never realize that you needed was to change perspective. — Miguel Syjuco
Patience And Waiting Quotes
Waiting patiently is an essential part of being an investor. And when you do take action, do it dynamically, forcefully. — Howard Marks
The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards. — Charles Stanley
Don't be so short of trust, and don't be in a hurry. If I say something, wait, search, and you will find the way. And when you find the way, you also find that trust is arising in you. — Osho [Chandra Mohan Jain]
Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear. — Guy Finley
Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands. — Elisabeth Elliot
Waiting and hoping is a hard thing to do when you've already been waiting and hoping for almost as long as you can bear it. — Jenny Nimmo
I don’t have anything to do but get in the cage and show my work and wait for my time. — Amanda Nunes
I think that wherever your journey takes you, there are new gods waiting there, with divine patience -- and laughter. — Susan M. Watkins
Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager." "Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow. — John Green
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. — Elisabeth Elliot
Patience and persistence are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of any worthwhile endeavor. — Joseph Pilates
I insist you to strive. Work, Work and only work for satisfaction with patience, humbleness and serve thy nation. — Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Perfect health, sincerity, honesty, straightforwardness, courage, disinterestedness, unselfishness, patience, endurance, perseverance, peace, calm, self control are all things that are taught infinitely better by example than by beautiful speeches. — Sri Aurobindo
In Conclusion
Quotes about patience also emphasize the need to be patient with others. They remind us to be understanding and tolerant in our interactions with people, especially during challenging times. These quotes encourage us to listen attentively and give others the time they need to express themselves. They remind us that patience can build stronger relationships and help resolve conflicts. Quotes about patience serve as a reminder to be patient with ourselves as well, as we navigate through life's ups and downs. They encourage self-compassion and remind us that progress takes time.
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