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Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.
Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.
There is no doubt that I have lots of words inside me; but at moments, like rush-hour traffic at the mouth of a tunnel, they jam.
So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
The same word passed through three minds, simultaneously, philosophical, fatalistic, the eternal refuge of the Italian: Pazienza.
It is patience that reveals every grace to you, and it is through patience that the saints received all that was promised to them.
If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.
I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.
Because you don't learn anything unless you can find the patience to read. TV takes that away from you. It robs you from your mind.
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.
as the years go on a sense of deep patience comes over one; one seems to know the virtue of ripeness, and the danger of rushing events.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.
All is love...All is love. With love comes understanding. With understanding comes patience. And then time stops. And everything is now.
Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait. There is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all.
Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.
Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.
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.
It's amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I've received and the love I get from them is just amazing.
One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right.
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!
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He all.
Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.
The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.
A noun is not a name you give something. It is something you watch becoming itself, and you have to have the patience to find out what it is.
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.
Sometimes one waits too long for the perfect moment before snapping the picture. You never realize that you needed was to change perspective.
Sometimes you have the feeling that some little imp is standing behind you and dictating to you, but he gives it to you slowly, drop by drop.
Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.
God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction.
The Colombians are good-tempered people. They are used to waiting for buses that are late, used to riding buses and trains that do not arrive.
As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.
If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, Calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth.
A classic is like a hidden treasure. Its core is buried under so many layers of varnish that it can be reached only by patience and infiltration.
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.
There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.
Extreme patience and persistence are required, Yet everybody succeeds at this before being handed The surprise box lunch of the rest of his life.
Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we are, here and now.
There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.
So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out.
Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.
There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.
I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.
Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion.
What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long time.
If you're serious about sanctification, you can expect to experience heart-wrenching moments that try your faith, your endurance, and your patience.