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 discipline of allowing unfolding."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"The study of sound teaches us patience with complexity."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"Understanding requires patience with the unfamiliar."
Pierre Schaeffer
"Patience in the compositional process is not a virtue but a necessity."
Pierre Boulez
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"Impatience has ruined more fortunes than any market collapse."
Cornelius Vanderbilt
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"Patience is the virtue of those who understand process."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"The rhythm of life cannot be rushed, only understood."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"The panic will pass; those who remain calm will prosper."
J.P. Morgan
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"I have always been impressed by the power of patience."
John D. Rockefeller
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"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
Henry Ford
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"Everything comes to those who wait, but a man who waits dies of thirst beside a river."
Henry Ford
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"Patience in composition teaches patience in living."
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Patience is the foundation of all true growth."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Patience is the antidote to fear."
Pauline Oliveros
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"True listening requires patience and humility."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"Patience is the virtue that separates masters from dilettantes."
Pierre Schaeffer
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"If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four minutes. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two minutes. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all."
John Cage
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"Patience is the virtue that transforms struggle into mastery"
Karlheinz Stockhausen
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"Patience with the creative process yields rewards that rushing cannot achieve."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Patience is the bridge between where you are and where you want to be."
Yoko Ono
"Patience is the art of not rushing toward your own obsolescence."
Ryoji Ikeda
"Patience is revolutionary in a world obsessed with speed."
Ryoji Ikeda
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"Patience is the foundation of all great creative work."
Jon Hopkins
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"Patience is not passive; it's strategic waiting."
Jon Hopkins
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"Patience is the art of forgetting time."
Arca
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"If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all."
John Cage
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"We cannot waste time upon external enemies when the internal enemy is ever present."
Andrew Carnegie
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"Patience with sound is patience with the unfolding of meaning."
Pauline Oliveros
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"Everything takes longer than you think it will."
Laurie Anderson
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"Patience is the garden in which wisdom grows."
Yoko Ono