Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

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"The bow is the weapon of the archer who takes time to perfect his aim."
Homer
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Homer
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"Patience is the foundation of all peace."
Dante Alighieri
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"Patience is not passivity; it is power exercised with restraint."
Pickering Edward
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"In patience lies the wisdom to distinguish what matters from what urgently demands attention."
Pickering Edward
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"Constancy is a virtue of the faithful and a burden to the faithless."
Ovid
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"Slowness is often a very wise moderation."
Ovid
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"Be patient, and the world will spin itself to perfection."
Ovid
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"Beware the fury of a patient man."
Ovid
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"Patience is the ornament of the brave."
Virgil
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"The patient man reaps the greatest harvests."
Virgil
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"The work of mapping the heavens is not for the impatient, but for those who understand that truth unfolds slowly."
Henrietta Leavitt
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"The universe has infinite patience; we should learn from its example."
Henrietta Leavitt
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"Patience is not the absence of action, but the wisdom of timing."
Homer
"The pursuit of knowledge requires patience and humility."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"Patience in observation leads to brilliant insights."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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"The universe speaks to those patient enough to listen."
Harlow Shapley
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"The cosmos rewards the patient observer."
Edwin Hubble
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"The universe reveals its secrets to those who seek them patiently."
Edwin Hubble
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"Patience is not passive; it is the active choosing to trust the unfolding of time."
Pickering Edward
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"Patience teaches us that the most important things cannot be rushed."
Pickering Edward
"In science, there are no shortcuts to understanding; only patient observation."
Annie Jump Cannon
"I learned that patience is not passive; it is the active pursuit of understanding."
Annie Jump Cannon
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"The night sky does not reveal its secrets to the impatient; it requires dedication, careful observation, and an unwavering commitment to understanding."
Henrietta Leavitt
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"Astronomy teaches patience in a way few other pursuits can; the universe does not rush its revelations."
Henrietta Leavitt
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"Patience is a virtue that brings its own rewards."
George Lemaitre
"I have learned that true progress requires both vision and the patience to achieve it."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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"Patience and persistence are the hallmarks of great science."
Fritz Zwicky
"The universe teaches patience to those willing to spend lifetimes understanding it."
Annie Jump Cannon
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"The pursuit of astronomical truth requires patience and an openness to revision."
Harlow Shapley