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Our patience will achieve more than our force.
Our patience will achieve more than our force.
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.
They also serve who only stand and wait.
They also serve who only stand and wait.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow read more
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.
In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
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.
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.
Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
