Patience Quotes

• The people who test your patience are a blessing.. Without them, you can't practice patience.

  Nouman Ali Khan

  Islamic, Blessing, Practice

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• If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

  Barack Obama

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  "Barack Obama's farewell speech: this is how a leader signs off" by Ruchira Karnik, www.hindustantimes.com. January 15, 2017.

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• The disciples of a patient Saviour should be patient themselves.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Patient, Should, Disciple

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 442), 1895.

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• Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are.

  Henri Nouwen

  Live In The Moment, Taste, Moments

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2009). “Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith”, p.5, Harper Collins

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• 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

  Taught, Desert, Answers

  Geoffrey Chaucer (1966). “The Canterbury Tales”

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• Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.

  George Eliot

  Best Friend, Friendship, Relationship

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• Better to complete a small task well, than to do much imperfectly.

  Plato

  Tasks, Wells

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• 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

  Inspiring, Moving On, Powerful

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  Patience is the companion of wisdom.

  Saint Augustine

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Wisdom

  "The De Patientia of St. Augustine: A Translation with an Introduction and Commentary" by Saint Augustine (of Hippo), Paul Bryan, 1963.

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  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

  Love, Life, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jul 31, 2016

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• With patience everything comes in due season.

  Edouard Rene de Laboulaye

  Dues, Seasons

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  Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Eark Nightingale, Claude M. Bristol, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02”, p.6, Lulu.com

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• You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

  Adlai E. Stevenson

  Integrity, Character, Men

  "Faith in Liberalism". Address to the State Committee of the Liberal Party in New York City, August 28, 1952.

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• Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

  Joyce Meyer

  Motivational, Waiting, Ability

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• The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat to our inner peace, and therefore our happiness. The mind, or spirit, is not physical, it cannot be touched or harmed directly. Only negative thoughts and emotions can harm it. Therefore, only the corresponding positive quality can protect it.

  Dalai Lama

  Happy, Powerful, Inner Peace

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• Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.

  Vernon Howard

  Inspirational, Moving On, Spiritual

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• Peaceful warriors have the patience to wait until the mud settles and the water clears. They remain unmoving until the right time, so the right action arises by itself. They do not seek fulfillment, but wait with open arms to welcome all things.

  Dan Millman

  Warrior, Water, Waiting

  Dan Millman (1992). “No Ordinary Moments: A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life”, p.4, H J Kramer

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• Finding oneself and one's path is like waking up on a foggy day. Be patient, and presently the fog will clear and that which has always been there can be seen. The path is already there to follow

  Rasheed Ogunlaru

  Fog, Follow Your Heart, Finding Yourself

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• Some of your greatest blessings come with patience.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Inspirational, Blessing, Greatness

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2011). “Prayer, Praise & Promises: A Daily Walk Through the Psalms”, p.36, Baker Books

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• Patience is the art of caring slowly.

  John Ciardi

  Art, Caring, Optimism

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• Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

  Saadi

  Sports, Difficult And Easy, Wise Man Once Said

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• Learn to wait; invariably either things will change or your heart will.

  Jonathan Carroll

  Change, Learning, Heart

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  Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

  T. S. Eliot

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  T.S. Eliot (2015). “The Poems of T. S. Eliot Volume I: Collected and Uncollected Poems”, p.1250, Faber & Faber

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• All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.

  Brian Weiss

  Love, Time, Loving Someone

  FaceBook post by Dr. Brian Weiss from Aug 15, 2016

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• Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

  Tryon Edwards

  Inspirational, Positive, Inspiring

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