Quotes about Patience

Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:4)

Wisdom is all about the simple, often tiny, obvious things, done consistently, one at a time.

When dealing with overly critical people, try to see past the arrows to the struggles that launched them.

You win when you quit trying.

Put him first. Seek him with all of your heart, and he will add everything that matters. Be still and know that he is God.

Pain in the moment, and hope for the future. But sometimes the pain seems to yell, while hope only whispers.

You've never really know what it's like to trust God to provide for you today, because you've got today provided for. And probably tomorrow too. Maybe even into next winter, with all the food socked away in that extra freezer in the garage.

The more God wants to use you, the more likely you'll be tempted to quit.

When I ask God to change my actions, that honesty about my own inconsistent behaviors forces me not to be so hard on other believers. Humble acknowledgment of the plank in my own eye gives me more patience with the specks in everyone else's (see Matthew 7:1-5). Instead of pointing the finger at others, let's allow God to examine us.

I can promise you this: If you really, sincerely, genuinely want God back, He hasn't moved. He's still there, just like always, ready to bear-hug you again, just like in the old days.

I knew we'd been out there on the water a long time when the sun began its colorful descent to meet the horizon.

One's action ought to come out of an achieved stillness: not to be a mere rushing on.