#Patience Quotes

“Much rain wears the marble.”

“Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.”

“O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience.”

“To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.”

“That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.”

“No, no; 'tis all men's office to speak patience To those that wring under the load of sorrow, But no man's virtue nor sufficiency To be so moral when he shall endure The like himself. Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement.”

“Love moderately. Long love doth so. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. *Love each other in moderation. That is the key to long-lasting love. Too fast is as bad as too slow.*”

“Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites.”

“a young woman in love always looks like patience on a monument smiling at grief”

“Violent fires soon burn out themselves, small showers last long, but sudden storms are short; he tires betimes that spurs too fast.”

“Be wise as thou art cruel, do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain: Lest sorrow lend me words and words express, The manner of my pity-wanting pain.”

“Bring me a constant woman to her husband, One that ne'er dream'd a joy beyond his pleasure, And to that woman, when she has done most, Yet will I add an honour-a great patience.”

“Travelers must be content.”

“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”

“Like Patience gazing on kings' graves, and smilingExtremity out of act.”

“I do opposeMy patience to his fury, and am arm'dTo suffer, with a quietness of spirit,The very tyranny and rage of his.”

“A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain: So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee, With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me; But if thou live to see like right bereft, This fool-begged patience in thee will be left.”

“Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.”

“Let us leave hurry to slaves.”

“No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.”

“Patience and fortitude conquer all things.”

“Teach me your mood, O patient stars. Who climb each night, the ancient sky. leaving on space no shade, no scars, no trace of age, no fear to die.”

“Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.”

“ROSS You must have patience, madam. LADY MACDUFF He had none: His flight was madness: when our actions do not, Our fears do make us traitors.”

“Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief”

“Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property is an intellectual production. The game requires coolness, right reasoning, promptness, and patience in the players.”

“Have patience, and endure”

“Grow angry slowly - there's plenty of time.”

“He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding. Have I not tarried? Ay, the grinding; but you must tarry the bolting. Have I not tarried? Ay, the bolting; but you must tarry the leavening. Still have I tarried. Ay, to the leavening; but here's yet in the word 'hereafter' the kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and the baking; nay, you must stay the cooling too, or you may chance to burn your lips.”

“When remedies are past, the griefs are ended By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended. To mourn a mischief that is past and gone Is the next way to draw new mischief on. What cannot be preserved when fortune takes, Patience her injury a mockery makes. The robb'd that smiles steals something for the thief; He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.”

“A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.”

“Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities.”

“Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.”

“I doubt not then but innocence shall makeFalse accusation blush, and tyrannyTremble at patience.”

“We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred pages.”

“Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.”

“Students of cunning have consumed their hearts and learned only tricks; they've thrown away real riches: patience, self-sacrifice, generosity. Rich thought opens the way.”

“In Winter the bare boughs that seem to sleep Work covertly, preparing for their Spring.”

“How poor are they that have have not patients.”

“I am patient and loving with my fearful thoughts. Be patient and loving with every fearful thought. Practice observing your fears as a witness, and you'll see them dissolve.”

“Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.”

“Quite frequently, he who goes too fast gets there too late - or not at all.”

“When you see the setting, wait for the rising. Why worry about a sunset or a fading moon?”

“We bury our seeds and wait,Winter blocks the road,Flowers are taken prisoner underground,But then green justice tenders a spear”

“Until the juice ferments a while in the cask, it isn't wine. If you wish your heart to be bright, you must do a little work.”

“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

“There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.”

“Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming”

“While eating your appetizer, don't be concerned with dessert.”

“In my experience of large enterprises, I have found it is often a mistake to try to settle everything at once.”