152 quotes found
“This too shall pass.”
“Hold on hold fast hold out. Patience is genius.”
“The present will not long endure.”
“Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.”
“All human wisdom is summed up in two words: wait and hope.”
“We do not live an equal life but one of contrasts and patchwork now a little joy then a sorrow now a sin then a generous or brave action.”
“Serene I fold my hands and wait.”
“The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong.”
“Everything comes if a man will only wait.”
“The secret of patience ... to do something else in the meantime.”
“Have patience with all things but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them-every day begin the task anew.”
“God will wait as long as it takes for us.”
“Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal.”
“All things come to him who waits- provided he knows what he is waiting for.”
“Hope and patience are two sovereign remedies for all the surest reposals the softest cushions to lean on in adversity.”
“The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience.”
“Who bides his time tastes the sweet Of honey in the saltiest tear And though he fares with slowest feet Joy runs to meet him drawing near.”
“God grant us patience!”
“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.”
“There is nothing so bitter that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.”
