Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

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"I have learned that patience is not weakness but wisdom."
Marquis de Lafayette
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
Thomas Paine
"Patience is something you need more of than you'll ever have."
Thomas Paine
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"I have learned that patience is not weakness, but the ultimate strength."
Benedict Arnold
"The craft of metalworking taught me that repeated strikes, each precisely placed, accomplish what force alone cannot."
Paul Revere
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Samuel Adams
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"Patience and forbearance are the only weapons by which we can fight our way to truth."
John Adams
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"Patience is the virtue that binds all other virtues together."
Marquis de Lafayette
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"Patience with oneself is as important as patience with others."
Marquis de Lafayette
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"A promise made in haste is repaid in sorrow."
Benedict Arnold
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"The pursuit of power teaches us what we would rather not know."
Benedict Arnold
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
Thomas Paine
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"Patience is not weakness; it is the strength to wait for the right moment."
Patrick Henry
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"Patience is the virtue of those who understand that good things take time."
Patrick Henry
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"I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man."
Alexander Hamilton
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"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit."
George Washington
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"The cultivation of patience yields the finest fruits of character."
Samuel Adams
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"Patience and fortitude must supply the deficiency of our numbers."
James Madison
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"I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man."
Alexander Hamilton
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"Patience will achieve more with time than force will achieve with rage."
John Adams
"Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience."
Benjamin Franklin
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
Thomas Paine
"When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, a hundred."
Thomas Jefferson
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"I have learned to be less disposed to contradict others, especially in matters of religion."
George Washington
"Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one."
Benjamin Franklin
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"I have learned that patience is a virtue that grows only with practice."
Alexander Hamilton
"Keep steady, and when you get through, you will find it is very good."
Sojourner Truth
"Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one."
Benjamin Franklin
"Wisdom is not the purchase of a day."
Benjamin Franklin
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"To build something lasting requires patience, persistence, and principle."
Alexander Hamilton