Patience Quotes

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

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"Patience is not the absence of action, but right action at the right time."
Wittgenstein, Richard
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"Philosophical progress comes through patient, careful reasoning."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Philosophy progresses through patient engagement with difficult questions."
Balaguer, Mark
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"Understanding requires patience and attention."
Montague, Richard
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"Patience is the art of wanting something without demanding it."
Smith, Barry
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"Patience is the garden where growth occurs."
Smith, Barry
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"The strength of a person is measured not by their power, but by their patience."
Rosen, Gideon
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"Patience is not passive; it is the active art of waiting with purpose."
Rosen, Gideon
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"Patience is a virtue because it requires the surrender of impatience."
Rosen, Gideon
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"Patience is the ultimate form of power because it transcends urgency."
Rosen, Gideon
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"Patience is not passivity; it is strategic restraint."
Smith, Barry
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"Patience is the skill of allowing things to unfold at their natural pace."
Smith, Barry
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"Patience is a virtue."
Kaplan, David
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"All good things come to those who wait."
Kaplan, David
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"Patience is the virtue of those who trust the process."
Perry, John
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"Patience is not passive; it is active waiting."
Perry, John
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"Patience with injustice is complicity in its continuation."
Chomsky, Noam
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"Patience with process is necessary, but urgency about change is also morally required."
Chomsky, Noam
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"Smith observed that patience is not passivity, but the active cultivation of peace."
Smith, Barry
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"Patience is not about waiting passively; it is about acting with wisdom."
Smith, Barry
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Burge, Tyler
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"Patience is the virtue of the wise."
Burge, Tyler
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"Understanding requires patience and careful observation."
Millikan, Ruth Garrett
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"Patience is not passive waiting, but active trust in the process."
Kaplan, David
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"Patience teaches us that not everything responds to force."
Kaplan, David
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"How poor are they that have not patience!"
Fine, Arthur
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"Infinite patience brings immediate results."
Fine, Arthur
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"Patience is not passivity; it is strategic waiting with purpose."
Perry, John
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"Patience is the bridge between who we are and who we wish to become."
Perry, John
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"Patience allows understanding to develop gradually."
Fine, Kit