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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his read more
Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
Or arm th' obdured breast
With stubborn patience as with triple steel.
Or arm th' obdured breast
With stubborn patience as with triple steel.
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.
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.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a read more
With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn.
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.