Patience Quotes

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

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"Patience allows us to see the deeper patterns of existence."
Bohm, David
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"Patience is not merely the ability to wait, but the cultivation of purposeful action while waiting."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"Nature reveals her secrets not to those who demand, but to those who ask with humility and respect."
Schrödinger, Erwin
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"We must cultivate patience in the pursuit of knowledge."
Bohr, Niels
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"You must have patience with everything unresolved in your heart."
Dirac, Paul
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"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Patience is a virtue that brings peace to the soul."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Perfect is the enemy of good."
Einstein, Albert
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"Patience is essential in science; truth cannot be rushed."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Nature provides endless opportunities for those patient enough to listen."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Bohr, Niels
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"Patience is essential in mastering mathematical thought."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"Patience with mathematical concepts prevents hasty conclusions."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"Patience with difficult concepts prevents frustration and promotes mastery."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished through patience."
Hilbert, David
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"Patience and precision are the twin pillars of discovery."
Hilbert, David
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"Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools."
Einstein, Albert
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"Patience is required when pursuing knowledge that stretches the boundaries of human thought."
Weyl, Hermann
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"The patient observer often sees what the hasty miss."
Weyl, Hermann
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"The patient scholar accumulates wisdom that the hasty observer misses."
Weyl, Hermann
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"Nature whispers her secrets to those patient and skillful enough to listen with the tools of mathematics."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Patience in proof is patience in understanding the structure of reality itself."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"Patience with mathematical difficulty is patience with the deepest aspects of reality."
Brouwer, Luitzen Egbertus Jan
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"One cannot force understanding; one can only create the conditions for it to emerge."
Hilbert, David
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"Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools."
Einstein, Albert
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"True patience consists in controlling our irritation."
Whitehead, Alfred North
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"Patience is the currency of profound achievement."
Poincaré, Henri
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"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it."
Wigner, Eugene
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"Patience in learning is the gateway to genuine understanding."
Weyl, Hermann
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"Patience in the pursuit of truth is virtue."
Church, Alonzo