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