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

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

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 something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead.

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

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

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope

All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope

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.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.