Patience Quotes - Page 2

• 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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  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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• Have fire and spread all over. Work, work. Be the servant while leading, be unselfish, and never listen to one friend in private accusing another. Have infinite patience, and success is yours.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Perseverance, Fire, Infinite

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1763, Manonmani Publishers

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• When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when they’re ready.

  Thubten Chodron

  Weed, Buddhist, Heart

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• And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough.

  William Faulkner

  Long, Waiting, Enough

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• 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

  Buddhist, Practice, Forever

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• Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.

  Evelyn Underhill

  Sympathy, Kindness, Opportunity

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• Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

  Guy Finley

  Peace, Fear, Anger

  FaceBook post by Guy Finley from Jul 27, 2013

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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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• Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.

  Seneca the Younger

  Bears, Ill, Wells

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• Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Be Patient, Reap, Having Patience

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• Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.

  Eknath Easwaran

  Building Up, Needs, Muscles

  Eknath Easwaran (2009). “Renewal: A Little Book of Courage and Hope”, p.29, Nilgiri Press

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• Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Attributed in "Forbes", Volume 102, 1968.

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• Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

  Robert Frost

  Inspirational, Education, Teacher

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• Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work - this is the only way. Go on; remember - patience and purity and courage and steady work. . . . So long as you are pure, and true to your principles, you will never fail.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Motivational, Perseverance, Long

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2061, Manonmani Publishers

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• Inner peace is impossible without patience. Wisdom requires patience. Spiritual growth implies the mastery of patience. Patience allows the unfolding of destiny to proceed at its won unhurried pace.

  Brian Weiss

  Spiritual, Destiny, Inner Peace

  Brian L. Weiss (2004). “Same Soul, Many Bodies: Discover the Healing Power of Future Lives through Progression Therapy”, p.106, Simon and Schuster

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• This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Smile, Confidence, Inspirational Love

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

  Moliere

  Inspirational, Success, Nature

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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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• All great achievements require time.

  Maya Angelou

  Success, Encouraging, Perseverance

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 27, 2011

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• We have to slow the rhythm of rush in our lives so that the best of who are can emerge.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Inspirational, Life, Haste

  FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Oct 09, 2014

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• It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.19, St. Martin's Press

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• All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Men, Practice, Be Patient

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  Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Time

  Robert H. Schuller (1993). “Robert H Schuller: The Inspirational Writings : Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do/Tough Minded Faith for Tender Hearted People”, Bbs Publishing Corporation

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• Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

  Saint Francis de Sales

  Inspirational, Patient Person, Catholic

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