Patience Quotes

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.

George Jackson

God bestows upon one man genius without patience and upon another man patience without genius. The relative achievements of the two are often surprising.

Walter C. Klein

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

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

One minute of patience, ten years of peace

Greek proverb

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

Eknath Easwaran

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Ralph Waldo Emerson

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

Benjamin Franklin

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Innovation by definition will not be accepted at first. It takes repeated attempts, endless demonstrations, monotonous rehearsals before innovation can be accepted and internalized by an organization. This requires 'courageous patience'.

Warren Bennis

Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains; for patience and sympathy and love, and yet we are fretful and hard and weak and selfish. We are keyed not to attainment, but to the struggle toward it.

T. T. Munger

In prosperity we need moderation; in adversity, patience

Lee Iacocca

If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.

Marquise De S-Vign

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation's compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.

Erma Bombeck

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