Patience Quotes
The hardest virtue. Waiting, enduring, and trusting that things take the time they take.
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"Patience is not passivity; it is the art of doing nothing while remaining fully alive."Robertson Davies
"Patience is a virtue."Cormac McCarthy
"Patience is not passive waiting but active engagement with the passage of time."Carson McCullers
"Patience is not the absence of action; it is the wisdom of timing."Eudora Welty
"Patience is a form of power, a way of controlling what can actually be controlled."Joyce Carol Oates
"The finest gift you can give yourself is patience"Robertson Davies
"Patience is not passivity, but purposeful waiting"Robertson Davies
"Patience is not the absence of action. Patience is the action of waiting."Cormac McCarthy
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."Cormac McCarthy
"We must cultivate patience as we cultivate gardens."Carson McCullers
"Patience is not the absence of action but the acceptance of the process."Eudora Welty
"Patience is not passivity; it is strategic understanding of timing."Joyce Carol Oates
"Patience with ourselves is harder than patience with others."Joyce Carol Oates
"Patience is the virtue of the strong, not the weak."Cormac McCarthy
"The patient soul understands that transformation takes time."Carson McCullers
"Patience is not passivity but the wisdom to know when to act and when to wait."Carson McCullers
"The sure consequence of slow writing is good writing."Eudora Welty
"Patience is the virtue that transforms struggle into wisdom."Eudora Welty
"Patience is not passivity but the practice of waiting with purpose."Cormac McCarthy
"Sometimes human beings have to just sit with things."David Foster Wallace
"Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it."Harper Lee
"Understanding requires patience and humility."Harper Lee
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."Norman Mailer
"Patience is a virtue that few possess."Joseph Heller
"Patience is the virtue of the strong, not the weak."Cormac McCarthy
"Patience is a virtue, but waiting forever is a form of cowardice."Saul Bellow
"Patience with others begins with patience with ourselves."Saul Bellow
"Patience is what we practice when we have no other choice."Joseph Heller
"Patience is the virtue of the person who knows they have no other option."Norman Mailer
"Patience is the virtue of those waiting for something better."Norman Mailer