Patience Quotes

"Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong."

Immanuel Kant

"Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul."

Francis Bacon

"To know how to wait is the great secret of success."

Joseph de Maistre

"Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience, and we soon shall see them in their proper figures."

Joseph Addison

"The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it."

Arnold H. Glasow

"Infinite patience brings immediate results."

Wayne Dyer

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent."

Calvin Coolidge

"A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence."

Jim Watkins

"Patience is the art of concealing your impatience."

Guy Kawasaki

"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

"Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it."

"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."

"When anger rises, think of the consequences."

Confucius

"Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians."

H. G. Bohn

"Patience is the virtue of an ass, that trots beneath his burden, and is quiet."

George Granville

"Patience is a virtue, but there comes a moment when you must stop being patient and take the day by the throat and shake it."

Laurell K. Hamilton

"Possess your soul with patience."

John Dryden

"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces."

"Persistence is the twin sister of excellence."

Marabel Morgan

"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."

William Feather

"Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries."

James A. Michener

"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill."

Samuel Johnson

"Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead."

Mary Pierce

"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."

"If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies."

Rudyard Kipling