“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”
Benjamin Disraeli
(1804-1881); Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
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“Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”
Thomas Henry Huxley
(1825-1895); Biologist
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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.”
St. Teresa  of Avila
(1515-1582); Nun, Mystic, Writer
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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.”
Joseph Addison
(1672-1719); Essayist, Poet, Publisher
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“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
Jean de La  Fontaine
(1621-1695); Author, Fabulist
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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.”
Rainer Maria Rilke
(1875-1926); Excerpt From Letters To A Young Poet
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“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
Hal Borland
(1900-1978); Memoirist, Author
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“A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains.”
Dutch Proverb

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“A moment of patience in a moment of anger can help us avoid a thousand moments of sorrow.”
Imam Ali (A.S.) 

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“The greatest power is often simple patience.”
E. Joseph Crossman
(born 1918); Author
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“He who knows patience knows peace.”
Chinese Proverb

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“Patience - the gift of being able to see past the emotion. ”
Rodney Williams
(born 1959);
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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. ”
Victor Hugo
(1802-1885); Poet, Novelist, Playwright
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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.”
Lawrence G. Lovasik
(1913-1986); Catholic Priest, Author
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“Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.”
Publius Syrus
Latin Moralist
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“He that has patience may compass anything.”
François Duc De La Rochefoucauld
(1613-1680); Writer, Moralist
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“Lack of patience in small matters can create havoc in great ones.”
Chinese Proverb

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“With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.”
Chinese Proverb

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“With love and patience, nothing is impossible.”
Dr. Daisaku Ikeda
Educator, Buddhist Philosopher
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“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.”
George Santayana
(1863-1952); Philosopher, Poet, Essayist, Novelist
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“Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.”
Abigail Adams
(1744-1818); U.S. First Lady (1797 1801)
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“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
Saint Augustine 
(354-430); Roman Catholic Saint
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“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616); Dramatist, Poet
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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
(1567-1622); Roman Catholic Saint
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“Patience: To wait with certainity; the art of allowing life to carry you.”
Chinese Proverb

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“A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.”
Mark Twain [Samuel Clemens]
(1835-1910); Author, Humorist
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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.”
Helen Keller
(1880-1968); Author, Lecturer, Activist
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