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We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
The only paradise is paradise lost
The only paradise is paradise lost
Impatience is the mark of independence not of bondage.
Impatience is the mark of independence not of bondage.
Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare,
The desert read more
Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare,
The desert were a paradise
If thou wert there, if thou were there.
Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode, until we drive away
Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day Without suspecting our abode, until we drive away
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.