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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself.
Baltasar Gracian on patience

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
Lord Chesterfield on patience

God gives me the children's ministry heart and patience. This is what He wants. It's awesome. I don't know where He's gonna take it - but God is building this thing.
Willie Aames on patience

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
Tertullian on patience

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
Jean de la Bruyere on patience

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.
John Updike on patience

He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.
William Golding on patience

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
Thomas Hardy on patience

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.
Hyman Rickover on patience

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.
Phaedrus on patience

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
Stanislaw Lec on patience

Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
Bret Harte on patience

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
Philip Massinger on patience

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.
Moliere on patience

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
Harriet Tubman on patience

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.
Ralph Marston on patience

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on patience

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.
Mahatma Gandhi on patience

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao Tzu on patience

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Jean de La Fontaine on patience