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Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
All things come round to him who will but wait.
All things come round to him who will but wait.
Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.
Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the read more
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.
With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a read more
With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn.
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead.
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead.