Patience Quotes

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

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"Patience yields the sweetest rewards."
Selma Lagerlöf
"To be patient in waiting is to find oneself at peace."
Robert Browning
"Patience is the garden where great things grow."
Robert Browning
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"Patience is a virtue, but not everyone can wait."
Søren Kierkegaard
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Patience is not passive; on the contrary it is active; it is concentrated strength."
August Strindberg
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"Patience is not passivity; it is wisdom in waiting."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Patience is the virtue of the truly wise."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"The greatest power is often simple patience."
Henrik Ibsen
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Patience is not weakness but the strength to endure."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Patience is the parent of all virtue."
Hans Christian Andersen
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"Patience is a virtue that allows us to see the true nature of things."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"The secret of patience is doing something else in the meantime."
Anna Akhmatova
"The wise know that patience is not weakness but strength"
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Patience is passion tamed."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience the weakness of the strong."
Søren Kierkegaard
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"Patience is a bitter herb that bears sweet fruit."
August Strindberg
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"Patience is not passivity, but active trust in the unfolding of life."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Patience is the virtue that allows seeds to become forests."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"Patience is the luxury of those who cannot afford to act."
Henrik Ibsen
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"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Boris Pasternak
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"Patience is the greatest act of strength."
Boris Pasternak
"Patience is not passivity; it is the strength to endure with purpose."
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
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"Patience is not passivity but the wisdom to wait."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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"Patience is not the absence of action, but the presence of faith."
Anna Akhmatova
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"Patience is the foundation of all virtues."
Vladimir Nabokov
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"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to maintain a good attitude while waiting."
Selma Lagerlöf
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"In patience lies the wisdom to understand what haste destroys."
Selma Lagerlöf