Patience Quotes

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

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"Patience is the art of hoping without despair."
Juvenal
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"Patience is a virtue of the strong, and doubt the mark of the weak."
Horace
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"Patience is the virtue of those who understand eternity."
Martial
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"Patience is not passivity; it is active waiting."
Martial
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Livy
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"The greatest of all powers is often simple patience."
Livy
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Pliny the Younger
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"Patience is not passive; it is concentrated strength."
Pliny the Younger
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"Patience in adversity separates the wise from the merely fortunate."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"In patience lies the secret to enduring power."
Suetonius
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"Patience is the virtue of those who see beyond today."
Tacitus
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"Every moment of patience brings us closer to our goals."
Tacitus
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Martial
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"Patience is not passive; it is active waiting."
Martial
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"How poor are they that have not patience!"
Pliny the Elder
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"Patience and time accomplish all things."
Pliny the Elder
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"Misfortune, if born with patience, becomes wisdom."
Horace
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"Bear and forbear; this is the motto of the wise."
Horace
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"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
Horace
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"Patience is not passive; it is the active surrender to what must unfold."
Pliny the Younger
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"Patience is the bridge between struggle and success."
Pliny the Younger
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"Patience is the virtue of those too wise to rush toward their own destruction."
Suetonius
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"Patience is the virtue that separates the successful from the perpetually frustrated."
Ammianus Marcellinus
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"Patience is the virtue of those who are strongest."
Martial
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"Patience is not passivity but purposeful waiting."
Martial
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"The virtue of patience is the greatest virtue of all."
Pliny the Elder
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"Patience is the greatest teacher of all virtues."
Livy
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"Patience is the greatest strength of the wise."
Livy
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"Patience is a virtue that carries a great reward."
Suetonius
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"A moment of patience may ward off great disaster."
Suetonius