Patience Quotes

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

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"Patience is the art of understanding time as something other than an enemy."
Elsa Morante
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"To be patient is to trust in a future we cannot yet see."
Elsa Morante
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"Patient attention is the highest form of respect we can offer another."
Elio Vittorini
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"Patience is the virtue of those who understand time."
Dino Buzzati
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"Patience is the refusal to give up."
Dino Buzzati
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"Patience is the greatest teacher."
Cesare Pavese
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"Patience is a form of quiet strength."
Primo Levi
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"Patience is the virtue of the wise."
Primo Levi
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"Patience is not passivity; it is strategic waiting."
Federigo Tozzi
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"Patience is the art of hoping without knowing."
Federigo Tozzi
"Patience is the art of waiting without suffering."
Italo Svevo
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Italo Svevo
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"Patience is not passivity; it is the discipline of resistance."
Elsa Morante
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"Things take time to arrange themselves."
Cesare Pavese
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"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
Cesare Pavese
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"Patience is the virtue of those who have learned to wait for justice."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Patience is not passivity; it is strategic waiting with purpose."
Elio Vittorini
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"Patience is the virtue of those who have suffered."
Primo Levi
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"Patience is the virtue of those who understand that good things take time."
Dino Buzzati
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"Patience is the art of concealing impatience."
Dino Buzzati
"Patience is not weakness, but the highest form of power."
Italo Svevo
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"Patience is not acceptance of the status quo, but wisdom about the nature of transformation."
Elsa Morante
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"Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength."
Umberto Eco
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"Patience is a virtue that brings peace."
Umberto Eco
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"Patience is not passivity; it is the strategy of the powerless."
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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"Patience with others begins with patience with oneself."
Primo Levi
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"A quick thrust succeeds more than a violent blow."
Italo Calvino
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"To be patient is to trust that time contains possibilities you cannot yet perceive."
Elsa Morante
"Patience is the virtue of those without options"
Italo Svevo
"Patience is the strength of those with nowhere to go"
Italo Svevo