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Inspirational Quotes About Patience
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“Patience - the gift of being able to see past the emotion. ”
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“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.”
Philosopher, Poet, Author, Essayist
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“Nature, by example, shows us anything worthwhile comes over time. Anything worthwhile grows methodically, building on a strong foundation. Develop a willingness to carry on despite roadblocks.”
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“Genius is nothing but a great capacity for patience.”
Naturalist, Mathematician
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“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.
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Philosopher
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“Patience is a kind of love. A love that is its own explanation in bewildered circumstance. It is an old, old woman placing a wrinkled-parchment hand against the cheek of a reckless child. Because her heart is too wise to make room for reproach. Too full to find place for offense.
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“Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.”
U.S. First Lady (1797 1801)
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“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.”
English Essayist, Poet, Playwright And Politician.
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“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
Memoirist, Author
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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.”
Roman Catholic Saint
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“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”
Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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“He that has patience may compass anything.”
Writer, Moralist
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“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
Author, Fabulist
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“Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”
Biologist
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“With love and patience, nothing is impossible.”
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“A moment of patience in a moment of anger can help us avoid a thousand moments of sorrow.”
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“With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.”
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“A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains.”
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“Lack of patience in small matters can create havoc in great ones.”
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“He who knows patience knows peace.”
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“Patience: To wait with certainity; the art of allowing life to carry you.”
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“I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves...Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now...the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.”
Excerpt From Letters To A Young Poet
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“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.”
Philosopher, Poet, Essayist, Novelist
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“How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
Dramatist, Poet
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“Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.”
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“A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.”
Author, Humorist
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“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
Roman Catholic Saint
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“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight... When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”
Author, Lecturer, Activist
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“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. ”
Poet, Novelist, Playwright
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“Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.”
Nun, Mystic, Writer
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“The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.”
Catholic Priest, Author
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This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 08/31/10“Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. ”
Swedish Political Leader, Secretary General Of The United Nations
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