Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

"The key to everything is patience."
David Foster Wallace
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"Patience is what you develop when you have no choice."
Joseph Heller
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"Patience is not passive; it's a form of active resistance."
Joseph Heller
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"Patience is the art of not screaming in your own face."
Norman Mailer
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"You cannot will yourself to have discipline."
William S. Burroughs
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"Patience is power"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Now you're asking me for the umpteenth time in my life."
Jack Kerouac
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"Patience is the art of concealing impatience."
Joseph Heller
J
"Patience is a virtue earned, not given."
Joseph Heller
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"Patience is a virtue that pays dividends."
William S. Burroughs
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"Patience is not passive resignation; it is active endurance with purpose."
Norman Mailer
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"Patience is the radical act of refusal to accept easy solutions."
Norman Mailer
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"Be patient and it will come to you"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Patience is not waiting, it is accepting the pace of life"
Allen Ginsberg
W
"Patience is not a virtue; it is a luxury."
William S. Burroughs
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"The mind, like a needle, is naturally disposed to rest and to do its best work when at rest."
William Carlos Williams
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
William Carlos Williams
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
William Carlos Williams
J
"Patience is a virtue that requires practice."
Jack Kerouac
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Hart Crane
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"Patience is the parent of virtue."
Hart Crane
"Lose your temper and you lose the match."
Kurt Vonnegut
"Be patient, because nothing lasts forever."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"Patience is not passive waiting but active refinement of understanding."
William Carlos Williams
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"Patience is the art of waiting gracefully"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Patience teaches us that some things cannot be rushed"
Allen Ginsberg
J
"Walking on water wasn't built in a day."
Jack Kerouac
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"I learned that patience is the virtue of champions."
Jack Kerouac
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"Patience is not passivity but the strength to wait."
Hart Crane
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"Patience is the practice of faith in time."
Hart Crane