Patience is not passivity but the wisdom of timing. - Lillian Gish

"Patience is not passivity but the wisdom of timing."

Lillian Gish Patience

Actress American 1893–1993

More from Lillian Gish

"You have to have a lot of patience to learn patience."

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."

"The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself."

"I've always believed that one woman can change the world."

"Patience is a virtue I'm still learning."

"I may be a redhead, but I'm not a hothead."

"Patience is a virtue."

"Patience is a virtue I never learned."