Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

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"Patience is the virtue of those who understand growth."
Colby M. Chester
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"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength to wait for the right moment."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"Patience is virtue, but impatience is often rewarded."
James Fisk
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"Patience is a virtue afforded only by those with nothing to lose."
Jay Gould
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"Patience with materials is as important as passion for results."
Elmer Sperry
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"Patience with the process respects the laws of nature."
Elmer Sperry
"Patience in planning and boldness in execution—this is the formula I have lived by."
Charles Crocker
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"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength to wait for the right moment."
Thomas J. Watson Sr.
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"The desert teaches patience; those who rush through it rarely survive."
John C. Fremont
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"Patience is not passive waiting; it is active faith in timing."
Colby M. Chester
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"Patience is the art of trusting in the process while honoring the present moment."
Colby M. Chester
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"Patience is not the inability to act, but the wisdom of knowing when to act."
James Fisk
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"The patient man inherits the world; the impatient one merely inhabits it."
James Fisk
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"Patience is the compound interest of virtue."
Charles Flint
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"Patience is not inaction; it is action governed by wisdom rather than impulse."
Charles Flint
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Collis P. Huntington
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"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
Mark Hopkins
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Leland Stanford
"Patience in business is not weakness; it is the wisdom to know when to strike."
Charles Crocker
"The railroad taught me that patience in planning equals speed in execution."
Charles Crocker
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"Patience is a virtue that yields great rewards."
Stephen Girard
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"Patience is repaid with success and peace."
Stephen Girard
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Mark Hopkins
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"Patience is the virtue of fools who lack the strength to act immediately."
Jay Gould
J
"Patience is a virtue best practiced by those with no other options."
James Fisk
"Patience with one's vision; impatience with mediocrity—this is the balance of greatness."
Charles Crocker
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"I have learned that patience in business is often confused with weakness. It is not. It is strategic wisdom."
Collis P. Huntington
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"Patience is the greatest virtue of the strong."
William Astor
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"Patience is the flower of strength."
William Astor
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"Patience is the art of expecting without complaint."
Stephen Girard