Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

"Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Patience is a virtue that punishes those who practice it by rewarding only the persistent."
Theodore Dreiser
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"Patience is often confused with passivity, though they are opposites."
Sinclair Lewis
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Sinclair Lewis
"Patience is the art of hoping."
Willa Cather
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"Writing should be like ice fishing; you wait patiently for the truth to reveal itself."
Ernest Hemingway
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"Hemingway taught that waiting is sometimes the greatest form of action."
Ernest Hemingway
"Be patient and kind with yourself as you become who you are meant to be."
Louisa May Alcott
"Patience is a virtue that modern society actively discourages."
Theodore Dreiser
"The patience required to bring about change is the patience of the ages."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
E
"Patience is a virtue that yields the greatest returns when you need them most."
Edith Wharton
"Patience is a virtue that brings great rewards."
James Fenimore Cooper
"Patience is the ornament of the brave."
James Fenimore Cooper
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"Patience is not passive; it is the active persistence of hope."
Sinclair Lewis
S
"Patience is the silent strength of the soul."
Sinclair Lewis
"Patience is a virtue that brings peace to the restless heart."
Louisa May Alcott
"Patience with ourselves is as important as patience with others."
Louisa May Alcott
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"A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."
Washington Irving
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"Patience is the art of hope."
Washington Irving
"One must develop a capacity for patience in all things."
Willa Cather
"Patience is the virtue of those too weak to act immediately."
Theodore Dreiser
"Patience is the virtue that transforms suffering into wisdom."
James Fenimore Cooper
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"Patience is not the absence of action, but the wisdom of proper timing."
Edith Wharton
E
"Patience is the practice of faith in action."
Edith Wharton
"Patience is not passive; it is concentrated strength."
Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Patience is a virtue, but it shouldn't mean standing still."
Louisa May Alcott
"Patience with ourselves is as important as patience with others."
Louisa May Alcott
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"The true way to gain much is never to desire too much."
Washington Irving
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"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to maintain a good attitude while waiting."
Washington Irving
"Patience is not weakness; it is the quiet strength of certainty."
Harriet Beecher Stowe