Patience Quotes
The hardest virtue. Waiting, enduring, and trusting that things take the time they take.
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"Patience is not passivity; it is the active endurance of difficulty."Popper, Karl
"Patience is the virtue of one who waits."Heidegger, Martin
"Patience is the virtue of understanding that change takes time."Popper, Karl
"Patience with logical analysis will eventually clarify what appeared mysterious."Carnap, Rudolf
"Patience and precision are the cardinal virtues of the philosopher."Carnap, Rudolf
"The patience to analyze a single concept thoroughly is worth more than a thousand superficial theories."Carnap, Rudolf
"In the end, I believe that one gets nowhere without patience."Wittgenstein, Ludwig
"Patience means restraining your constant desire to act."James, William
"Patience is the ornament of the brave."Spencer, Herbert
"Patience is not passivity, but the persistent application of effort over time."Dewey, John
"Patience in understanding is the first virtue of the scholar and the lover alike."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Patience is the virtue that allows understanding to deepen and wisdom to mature."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"The first effect of reasoning is to render the passions moderate."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Haste is the enemy of genuine encounter with being."Heidegger, Martin
"Genuine thinking requires patience and sustained attention."Heidegger, Martin
"The law says that we must give them time."Spencer, Herbert
"Patience is the ornament of the brave."Spencer, Herbert
"Patience comes from a deep reservoir of confidence in the inevitable arrival of our good."James, William
"Patience is the virtue by which we allow growth to unfold at its natural pace."Dewey, John
"Patience is the virtue that transforms obstacles into opportunities."Comte, Auguste
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."Spencer, Herbert
"Patience is the art of expecting without desperation."Spencer, Herbert
"Patience is the greatest virtue of the pragmatist."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"The heart of wisdom is patience."Peirce, Charles Sanders
"Patience allows wisdom to develop its full flowering."Dilthey, Wilhelm
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."Feuerbach, Ludwig
"Patience is the virtue of those who truly understand."Comte, Auguste
"Tolerance and patience should characterize all our actions toward the less fortunate."James, William
"Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius."Spencer, Herbert
"Patience is the virtue of the strong, not the weak."Feuerbach, Ludwig