Quotes About Patience

Now I must wait and be still and say nothing I don't know, nothing I haven't lived over and over, and that's everything.

Rather than increase your pace, gradually increase your total workout time.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

the Basil Spence Syndrome. When Coventry Cathedral was going up and in the public eye, he went through a lean period when he wasn't offered any jobs at all because people thought he wouldn't have time for anything else.

if you have the time to think before making a big decision, do so—and be prepared to accept that what seems obviously true now may turn out to be false later.

Then came the waiting, a test of patience for even the tenured.

SEAVER: "What time is it?" BERRA: "You mean now?" No matter what time of day we check our watch, the only time is now. We may be running behind schedule, late for an appointment, or stuck in traffic, but we can't be anywhere other than where we are; our place in time cannot change. All we can do is make the best of each moment we're given. "This day will not come again," says the zen master Takuan. "Each minute is worth a priceless gem.

We needn't look any further ahead than today or commit to any more than taking one step. When we've taken one, we can commit to taking another. Pretty soon we've reached fifty. Pretty soon we've reached a hundred. Pretty soon we've reached zen.

When there's no escaping the heat of the cold, the only way to combat it is to accept it.

Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.

For Harry Potter I have all the time in the world.

Amaba el tiempo hasta el punto de quedarse viéndolo pasar

La corsa non è il modo per andare rapidamente da un'estremità all'altra del filo. La corsa, ah, ah! é il riso del funambolo

Life's a marathon, not a sprint.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

Christianity helps us face the music even when we don't like the tune.

A great idea should always be left to steep like loose tea leaves in a teapot for a while to make sure that the tea will be strong enough and that the idea truly is a great one.

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve telling them to sit down and shut up.

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. St. Thomas Aquinas

Patience was what was important, not just the destination, but the journey. The goal is not just being full grown, but learning to grow.

Magic works on its own timetable; because it's organic energy, like a plant, you're not going to make it grow, or manifest, faster by tugging on it.

Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.