Patience Quotes

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

17396 quotes

"Our anger and annoyance are more detrimental to us than the things themselves which anger and annoy us."
Marcus Aurelius
"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured."
Marcus Aurelius
A
"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting."
Augustine of Hippo
A
"Patience is not the absence of action; rather it is timing. It waits on the right time to act."
Augustine of Hippo
A
"Patience in learning yields greater knowledge than haste ever could."
Averroes
A
"Patience in acquiring knowledge prevents the arrogance of the superficially educated."
Averroes
C
"One who restrains the tongue and guards against hasty speech is truly wise."
Cicero
T
"Patience is not only a virtue but the foundation of all other virtues."
Thomas Aquinas
E
"When you are about to lose your temper at someone, remember that you too are often in the wrong."
Epictetus
E
"When facing pain, we should comfort ourselves and remind ourselves that suffering does not last forever."
Epicureanism Epicurus
A
"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Augustine of Hippo
"Beware of acting the lion before you have grown the beard."
Marcus Aurelius
"Patience, my friend. Even mountains were worn down by water."
Marcus Aurelius
"Indifference to petty annoyances is a mark of the wise."
Marcus Aurelius
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
Marcus Aurelius
A
"The patient accumulation of small understandings leads eventually to comprehensive wisdom."
Averroes
E
"Patience is the virtue that teaches us when to act and when to wait."
Epicureanism Epicurus
T
"Patience is not passive resignation but active virtue."
Thomas Aquinas
S
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
Seneca
A
"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Augustine of Hippo
E
"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Epictetus
E
"When you feel angry, count to ten; when you feel very angry, count to one hundred."
Epictetus
M
"Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages."
Mencius
M
"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
Mencius
C
"Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity."
Cicero
Z
"Do you have the patience to wait till the mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?"
Zhuangzi
S
"The greatest remedy for anger is delay."
Seneca
S
"What cannot be changed must be borne with patience."
Seneca
"Do you have the patience to wait till the mud settles and the water is clear?"
Laozi
"Do you have the patience to wait till the mud settles and the water becomes clear?"
Laozi