Patience Quotes

The hardest virtue. Waiting, enduring, and trusting that things take the time they take.

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"Patience is a garden that yields bitter fruit then sweet."
Jean d'Alembert
"Progress in learning comes from patient observation repeated over time."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Patience is the practice of attending to our sensations without rushing to judgment."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"Humility comes from recognizing how much our sensations deceive us without careful thought."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
"I have found that patience is a virtue that brings great rewards."
Émilie du Châtelet
"I have found that understanding comes through patient observation and study."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"Patience with computation leads to profound discoveries."
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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"Patience is a virtue that grows with age."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Patience is the virtue of the wise."
Claude Adrien Helvetius
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
Catherine de Medici
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Catherine de Medici
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"Patience is the virtue of those who understand true value."
Isabella d'Este
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Patience is not passive; it is concentrated strength."
Jean d'Alembert
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"Patience is the virtue of the wise."
Marsilio Ficino
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"Patience is wisdom in waiting."
Marsilio Ficino
"Patience in learning yields wisdom in living."
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
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"The pursuit of truth demands great patience."
Poliziano Angelo
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"Patience is the virtue that opens all doors."
Poliziano Angelo
"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength to wait for the proper moment of action."
Émilie du Châtelet
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"Patience is the virtue of the wise."
Pico della Mirandola
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"Patience is a virtue that brings great rewards."
Giambattista della Porta
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"Patience develops character and wisdom."
Giambattista della Porta
"I have learned that patience is not merely waiting, but understanding the seasons of action."
Catherine de Medici
"One must plant seeds of influence in the spring to reap in winter."
Catherine de Medici
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"Patience is not weakness but the highest form of strategic wisdom."
Isabella d'Este
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"Patience is the wisdom of understanding that all things have their season."
Marsilio Ficino
"Patience is the virtue of the heroic soul"
Giambattista Vico
"Patience is the shield against hasty regret"
Giambattista Vico