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By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
[Fr., Patience et longueur de read more
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
[Fr., Patience et longueur de temps.
Font plus que force ni que rage.]
All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope
All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives read more
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.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
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.
The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.
The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.
Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by read more
Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by hir wordes ne his face
Biforn the fold, ne eek in her absence,
Ne shewed she that hir was doon offence.
Jesus' Fig Tree
He did belittle you..
but soon he'll bebig you..
and in the spring
with read more
Jesus' Fig Tree
He did belittle you..
but soon he'll bebig you..
and in the spring
with blooms he will wig you..
in summer he'll summon
a jade garb
to resprig you..
and in the fall
on patient twigs
with fresh fruit
he'll refig you.