Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

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"A warrior's greatest weapon is patience."
Xenophon
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"Patience and effort will overcome all obstacles."
Aesop
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"Slow but steady wins not only the race, but the respect of one's rivals."
Thucydides
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"Patience is the armor of time."
Thucydides
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"In the midst of great chaos, the wise man finds his center."
Herodotus
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"Patience is the virtue that separates the master physician from the charlatan."
Hippocrates
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"The patient hand reaps the harvest that the hasty hand destroys."
Pindar
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"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength of the truly confident."
Pindar
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"In the art of living, patience is the greatest teacher."
Xenophon
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"In the school of hard knocks, patience is the greatest lesson."
Xenophon
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"He who plants dates does not harvest dates."
Aesop
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"Haste makes waste."
Aesop
A
"One moment of patience may ward off great disaster."
Aesop
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"Patience is the strength of the weak and the weakness of the strong."
Thucydides
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"A promise given in haste is often repented in leisure."
Thucydides
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"In a state of uncertainty, it is best to act with caution."
Herodotus
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"Patience is the art of waiting without losing hope."
Sappho
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"Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities."
Hippocrates
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Hippocrates
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"To do nothing is sometimes to do much."
Hippocrates
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Xenophanes
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"Patience is not the absence of action, but wisdom in timing."
Pindar
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"The patient soul accumulates wisdom that the hasty can never acquire."
Pindar
A
"Patience is the virtue of the wise."
Anaxagoras
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"Patience yields greater wisdom."
Anaxagoras
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"Patience is not the absence of action, but wise timing."
Aesop
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong, not the weak."
Aesop
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"In patience dwells the power to move mountains."
Pindar
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"Patience is the art of finding meaning in the waiting"
Sappho
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"Patience is the virtue of those who seek to understand the gradual processes of nature."
Anaximenes