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Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
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.
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.
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
[Fr., Patience et longueur de read more
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
[Fr., Patience et longueur de temps.
Font plus que force ni que rage.]
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
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 power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.
Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.
Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.
Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.
Patience means restraining one's inclinations.
Patience means restraining one's inclinations.
