Patience Quotes
The hardest virtue. Waiting, enduring, and trusting that things take the time they take.
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"Patience is not passivity; it is the strategic reserve of action."Alfred von Schlieffen
"The enemy's patience is no virtue but rather the accumulation of preparation for the decisive moment."Alfred von Schlieffen
"The strongest form of power is patience."Helmuth von Moltke
"Patience is not weakness; it is the exercise of supreme power."Napoléon III
"Patience in the face of provocation is the mark of true strength."Robert E. Lee
"Patience is not weakness; it is quiet confidence in what is right."Robert E. Lee
"Patience plants seeds that perseverance brings to harvest."Robert E. Lee
"Patience in war is a virtue often rewarded."William Tecumseh Sherman
"Patience is a virtue, but not when the cause is urgent."Ulysses S. Grant
"I have learned that fortune comes to those who wait patiently."Horatio Nelson
"Patience is not merely waiting; it is maintaining one's principles while enduring trials."Robert E. Lee
"Patience in preparation prevents poor performance in the field of battle."Alfred von Schlieffen
"Patience is not simply the ability to wait, but the ability to wait with grace."Napoléon III
"A moment of patience can prevent a lifetime of regret."Napoléon III
"One must always consider the whole of a situation before making judgement."Arthur Wellesley
"Patience in analysis leads to swift action in execution."Helmuth von Moltke
"Patience is the ornament of the brave."Saladin
"Patience is the companion of wisdom."Saladin
"Genius is patience."Frederick the Great
"Patience is not the absence of action, but the presence of understanding."Horatio Nelson
"The patient soul shall inherit the earth and all its blessings."Horatio Nelson
"The quiet strength of a man is shown in his ability to remain calm in the face of adversity."Ulysses S. Grant
"A moment of patient thought is worth more than a hasty decision."Ulysses S. Grant
"Restrain the disposition to harshness in our judgment of others."Robert E. Lee
"Nothing should ever be done in a hurry which can be done slowly and deliberately."Robert E. Lee
"I have learned that patience is not weakness, but strength."Arthur Wellesley
"The weak shall inherit the earth through patience."Joan of Arc
"In patience lies the seed of all victories."Saladin
"Patience is the ornament of the brave."Saladin
"Patience plants seeds that wisdom will harvest."Saladin