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Patience21 quotes
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCHow poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees? — William Shakespeare · 1604Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCThe strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy · 1869Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast. — William Shakespeare · 1597Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. — Alan Watts · 1957All 21 quotes →Impatience2 quotes
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees? — William Shakespeare · 1604Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper
Sprinkle cool patience! — William Shakespeare · 1616Perseverance2 quotes
Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness. — T.H. Huxley · 1870Have patience, heart. Once you endured worse than this. — Homer · 700 BCPersistence2 quotes
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCPatience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness. — T.H. Huxley · 1870Stillness2 quotes
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. — Alan Watts · 1957Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCTime2 quotes
The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy · 1869Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, Time. — Pericles · 100All in good time1 quote
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCArt1 quote
The artist must have the patience of water that eats away the rock drop by drop. — Auguste RodinArtistic process1 quote
The artist must have the patience of water that eats away the rock drop by drop. — Auguste RodinClarity1 quote
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCClearing one's mind1 quote
Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? — Lao Tzu · 400 BCGentleness1 quote
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. — Charles Dickens · 1865Hard work1 quote
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 · 1838Healing1 quote
How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees? — William Shakespeare · 1604Horses1 quote
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. — William Shakespeare · 1599Inaction1 quote
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. — Alan Watts · 1957Nature1 quote
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCOne step at a time1 quote
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCPrayer1 quote
Praying is something we do in our time. The answers come in God’s time. — Father Cavanaugh · 1993Taking one's time1 quote
If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away. — John Steinbeck · 1958Teleology1 quote
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. — Lao Tzu · 400 BCTenacity1 quote
Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness. — T.H. Huxley · 1870Vulnerability1 quote
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts. — Charles Dickens · 1865Waiting1 quote
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. — John Burroughs · 1863