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Patience Quotes - Page 19

It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience.

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 443), 1895.

Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now, to be where we are.

Henri J. M. Nouwen (2009). “Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith”, p.5, Harper Collins

Talent is long patience.

"Body of Work: 40 Years of Creative Writing at UEA, edited by Giles Foden - review" by Peter Ho Davies, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2012.

It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you.

Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.49, Penguin

One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

"Carl Hiaasen: 'My humour has always come from anger'". Interview with Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. March 5, 2011.

Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it?

William Shenstone (1804). “Essays on Men and Manners”, p.153

He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding.

William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare”, p.737

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

Robert Falcon Scott (2012). “Scott's Last Expedition: Diaries, 26 November 1910 - 29 March 1912”, p.62, Amberley Publishing Limited