Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

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