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

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

But there are times when patience proves at fault.

But there are times when patience proves at fault.

I worked with patience which means almost power.

I worked with patience which means almost power.

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.

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?

Patience is sorrow's salve.

Patience is sorrow's salve.

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.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

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

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