Patience Quotes
The hardest virtue. Waiting, enduring, and trusting that things take the time they take.
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"Patience with others begins with patience with ourselves."Wilhelm II
"Patience is not passivity; it is strength held in reserve."John Stuart Mill
"Our patience will achieve more than our force."Edmund Burke
"Patience is the companion of wisdom."Benjamin Disraeli
"A man who masters patience will master anything."Benjamin Disraeli
"Where there is patience, there is freedom."Benjamin Disraeli
"Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves."Queen Victoria
"When the situation is not ripe, do nothing but wait"Otto von Bismarck
"In the face of adversity, patience becomes our greatest strength."William Gladstone
"Patience is the virtue of the strong and the weakness of the weak."Prince Metternich
"A moment of patience can prevent years of suffering."Wilhelm II
"Patience is not weakness; it is calculated strength."Wilhelm II
"I have always believed that patience is rewarded by eventual success."Queen Victoria
"A ruler must show patience in all things."Louis XVI
"Patience is a virtue few possess."Marie Antoinette
"I have always said that a calm patience is the foundation of the spiritual life."Napoleon Bonaparte
"Time and patience are the greatest weapons."Otto von Bismarck
"Moderation has never yet controlled the indulgence of successive generations."Benjamin Disraeli
"A person is not held to absolute perfection in the observance of every rule; he is held only to that degree of care and prudence which is reasonable."John Stuart Mill
"Despondency is not always a sign of humility."John Stuart Mill
"Patience in diplomacy often yields greater victories than haste."Wilhelm II
"Every moment of patience is an investment in future wisdom."Wilhelm II
"Patience with injustice is complicity; courage demands swift action."Camille Desmoulins
"Patience is a virtue, but not when applied to injustice."Camille Desmoulins
"Patience is the virtue of the oppressed."Jean-Paul Marat
"Patience with the unjust is betrayal of the just."Jean-Paul Marat
"I regret the moments I acted in haste more than those I contemplated carefully."Louis XVI
"I have found that patience is not passivity, but a form of active restraint."Louis XVI
"Patience is the art of hoping."Georges Danton
"Patience yields wisdom."Georges Danton