Patience Quotes

• 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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• Be patient. Do the best with what you know. When you know more, adjust the trajectory.

  Jen Hatmaker

  Patient, Trajectory, Do The Best

  Jen Hatmaker (2012). “7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess”, p.109, B&H Publishing Group

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

  Saadi

  Sports, Difficult And Easy, Wise Man Once Said

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  Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book II". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.

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• Above all, trust in the slow work of God.

  Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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• He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Perseverance, Energy, Succeed

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.206, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

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• 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

  Inspirational, Life, Motivation

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• Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Perseverance

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1883). “Emerson's complete works [ed. by J.E. Cabot]. Riverside ed”

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• Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

  Jeremy Collier

  Waiting, Way, Patient

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• The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

  Moliere

  Inspirational, Success, Nature

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• A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.

  Henri Nouwen

  Mean, Patient Person, Waiting

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• Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

  Ovid

  Be Patient, Hours

  Ovid (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)”, p.305, Delphi Classics

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• Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly.

  Pio of Pietrelcina

  Running, Wings, Progress

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• Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Be Patient, Passive, Active

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• The principle part of faith is patience.

  George MacDonald

  Faith, Principles

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• Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

  Barbara Johnson

  Optimism, Gears, Stripping

  Barbara Johnson (2008). “When Your Child Breaks Your Heart: Help for Hurting Moms”, p.134, Revell

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  Endurance is patience concentrated.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Determination

  "One More Step the 638 Best Quotes for the Runner: Motivation for the Next Step". Book by Randy L. Thurman, p. 81, en.wikiquote.org. July 3, 2012.

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• 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

  Inspirational, Depression, Encouragement

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• The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Life, Motivational, Perseverance

  Leo Tolstoy (graf) (1961). “War and peace”

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