Patience Quotes

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

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"Patience in observation yields what haste in conclusion never could."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength to wait for understanding."
Nicodemus Copernicus
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"What a great thing it is to have the power of speech, but how small a thing to have not the power to hold one's tongue."
Francesco Petrarch
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"The more he speaks, the more he will reveal his ignorance."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Patience is not the absence of action, but the wisdom of right timing."
Matteo Ricci
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Gerolamo Cardano
"Patience dissolves all obstacles in time."
Gerolamo Cardano
"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Juan Luis Vives
"All good things come to those who wait with purpose."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Patience is the virtue of the wise."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Patience is the ornament of the brave."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Francis Bacon
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"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength to endure without bitterness."
Christine de Pizan
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"Patience is not passivity; it is active waiting with purpose."
Christine de Pizan
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"In the study of nature, patience is the greatest teacher."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"Patience with nature teaches what impatience with mankind never could."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"In the pursuit of understanding, patience is more valuable than haste."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to maintain a good attitude while waiting."
Francesco Petrarch
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"How poor they are that have not patience."
Francesco Petrarch
"Patience in adversity reveals the strength of character."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Patience is the virtue of those who build empires of thought."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"Patience is not the absence of action; it is action guided by wisdom."
Gerolamo Cardano
"Patience is the virtue of those who understand the value of delayed gratification."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Francis Bacon
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"Patience is not merely the absence of action, but the wisdom to know when action will bear the greatest fruit."
Matteo Ricci
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"In patience, we find not weakness but the strength to accomplish what force never could."
Matteo Ricci
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"Through patience, the impossible becomes merely the improbable."
Giovan Battista della Porta
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"Patience is not weakness; it is the quiet confidence of one who knows what she wants."
Christine de Pizan
"In the garden of human relations, patience is the soil from which all virtues grow."
Juan Luis Vives