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Philosophical literature · Religious literature

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Tao Te Ching · 400 BC

★ 9.2

Play · Tragedy (play)

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare

Othello · 1604

★ 6.2

Philosophical literature · Religious literature

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Tao Te Ching · 400 BC

★ 5.8

The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience.

War and Peace · 1869

★ 5.7

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

William Shakespeare

1597

★ 4.0

Philosophical literature

Remember that you ought to behave in life as you should at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.

Arrian, The Enchiridion · 125

★ 3.6

Play · History (play)

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

William Shakespeare

Henry V · 1599

★ 3.6

Religious literature · Philosophical literature

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

The Way of Zen · 1957

★ 3.6

If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

1958

★ 3.6

Sports (film) · Biography (film) · Sports · Biography

Praying is something we do in our time. The answers come in God’s time.

Father Cavanaugh

Rudy · 1993

★ 3.6

Philosophical literature · Religious literature

Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?

Tao Te Ching · 400 BC

★ 2.4

Action (film) · Thriller (film) · Action · Thriller

All good things come to those who wait.

Ronin · 1998

★ 2.2

Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, Time.

Plutarch, Plutarch's Lives · 100

★ 2.1

Poem · Magazine

Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Knickerbocker · 1838

★ 2.1

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Charles Dickens

Our Mutual Friend · 1865

★ 2.1

Play · Tragedy (play)

Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper Sprinkle cool patience!

William Shakespeare

Hamlet · 1616

★ 1.9

Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

1870

★ 1.9

Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to me.

1863

★ 1.9

The artist must have the patience of water that eats away the rock drop by drop.

★ 1.9

Poem · Epic poem

The fates have given mankind a patient soul.

The Iliad · 700 BC

★ 1.6

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