I worked with patience which means almost power.

I worked with patience which means almost power.

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.

There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience and tears.

There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience and tears.

Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.

Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.

But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.

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

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

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.