Patience Quotes

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

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"Patience is not a virtue but a necessity when confronting systems of power too vast to overcome quickly."
Michel Foucault
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"Patience in politics is often mistaken for weakness; it is, in fact, the highest form of strength."
Lord Palmerston
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"Patience will achieve more with time than force with violence."
William Gladstone
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"Everything comes to those who wait."
Benjamin Disraeli
"A decision about something that cannot be reversed is a sin against the future."
John Stuart Mill
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"Our patience will achieve more than our force."
Edmund Burke
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"There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue."
Edmund Burke
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"Disappointment and regret are the two fruits of rashness."
Jeremy Bentham
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"I detest surprise visits."
Queen Victoria
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"I have learned that patience is a great virtue."
Queen Victoria
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Prince Metternich
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"Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves."
Queen Victoria
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"Patience is a virtue, but excessive patience becomes cowardice."
Lord Palmerston
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"In diplomacy, as in life, patience and persistence usually prevail."
Lord Palmerston
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Prince Metternich
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"Our patience will achieve more than our force."
Edmund Burke
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"The best security for an enduring change is a long and patient process of time."
Edmund Burke
"One must be patient with the inevitable."
Wilhelm II
"Patience is a virtue that brings great rewards."
Wilhelm II
"Patience yields great fruit."
Wilhelm II
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"Do nothing hastily but lay your plans with care and deliberation."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"When you doubt, abstain from judgment."
Benjamin Disraeli
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"The mark of wisdom is patience in the pursuit of justice."
Lord Palmerston
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"The machinery of life runs best when we keep our private griefs private."
Queen Victoria
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong, not the weak."
Queen Victoria
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"We must not rush through life; there is much to learn along the way."
Queen Victoria
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"Patience is the virtue that beautifies all others."
William Gladstone
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"Patience is not weakness; it is the ultimate expression of strength."
Prince Metternich
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"I have found that the greatest victories often come from patience, not action."
Prince Metternich
"Patience is a virtue I have never fully mastered, yet I recognize its value."
Wilhelm II