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.

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that read more

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

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.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

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.

The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.

Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.