Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

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"Anything that can be done by force can be done better by patience."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Patience is not passive; it is active trust in the unfolding of time."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Patience in learning is the foundation of mastery in all disciplines."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Patience is the greatest of all virtues."
Francis Bacon
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"The greatest power is often simple patience."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Patience is the remedy for all sorrows."
Baltasar Gracián
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"To lose patience is to lose the battle."
Francesco Petrarch
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"Patience is a virtue."
Francesco Petrarch
"Patience is the virtue of the strong and the wise."
Juan Luis Vives
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"Patience in learning is the pathway to mastery."
Matteo Ricci
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"Patience is the wisdom of acknowledging what cannot be hurried."
Matteo Ricci
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"Patience is not merely waiting; it is the active practice of hope applied to difficult circumstances."
Christine de Pizan
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"The path to excellence is paved with deliberate practice and humble patience."
Nicola Fontana Tartaglia
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"Patience is the virtue of the powerful; impatience, the vice of the weak."
Baltasar Gracián
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"A moment of patience can prevent a lifetime of regret."
Baltasar Gracián
"Patience is not the absence of action; it is action informed by wisdom."
Gerolamo Cardano
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"Patience is the support of weakness; impatience is the ruin of strength."
Francis Bacon
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"Use delays; they rarely disappoint those who employ them."
Francis Bacon
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"Patience is the virtue of those who seek understanding."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Patience is wisdom in action."
Niccolò Copernicus
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"Patience and persistence are the tools of any true craftsman."
Johannes Gutenberg
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"In this workshop, I have learned that great things require great patience."
Johannes Gutenberg
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Patience yields great rewards."
Raphael Sanzio
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Giordano Bruno
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"Patience is the guardian of virtue."
Giordano Bruno
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Thomas More
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"Patience is not passivity; it is strategic waiting."
Baltasar Gracián
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"Patience is the wisdom to wait for the right moment."
Baltasar Gracián