Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

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"Patience in adversity reveals the strength of one's character."
Xenophanes
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"In patience lies the secret to all great achievements."
Xenophanes
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"The patient farmer knows that great harvests require seasons of waiting."
Pindar
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"The patient farmer harvests what the hasty one abandons."
Aesop
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"Patience is a virtue of the wise."
Anaximander
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"Patience is the test of character."
Anaximander
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Aristophanes
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"A moment of patience may ward off great disaster."
Aristophanes
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"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength to wait for what truly matters."
Sappho
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"The infinite complexity of nature demands infinite humility."
Anaxagoras
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"To understand requires patience, for nature reveals herself slowly."
Anaxagoras
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"What we call chaos is simply order we do not yet comprehend."
Anaximander
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"Nature speaks to those patient enough to listen without prejudgment."
Anaximander
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"The patient observer of nature discovers the atomic principles underlying all change."
Leucippus
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"The patient philosopher discovers atomic truth through careful observation and reason."
Leucippus
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"Those who are slow to talk are swift to listen."
Euripides
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"The universe speaks to those patient enough to listen to its whispered lessons."
Anaximenes
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"Nature teaches that all transformation proceeds through continuous gradations, not sudden leaps."
Anaximenes
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"Patience is the teacher that necessity employs to instruct the foolish."
Xenophanes
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"The greatest power is often simple patience."
Sophocles
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"Patience is not the absence of action but the wisdom to wait for the right moment to act."
Aristophanes
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"A sensible man will bear hardships with patience."
Euripides
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"The remedy for all blunders is simply to do nothing."
Euripides
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"The patient person understands that change requires time to manifest."
Anaximenes
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong"
Empedocles
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"The greatest weapon against evil is patience"
Sophocles
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"A moment of patience in a moment of anger will save a thousand moments of sorrow"
Sophocles
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Euripides
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"Patience is understanding that all things must follow their natural course and timing."
Empedocles
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"A moment of patience may prevent a lifetime of regret."
Aristophanes