Quotes about Patience
we persevere because we believe rewards will come.
- Philip Yancey
Faith, I've concluded, means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.
- Philip Yancey
Grace, my friends, demands nothing from us but that we shall await it with confidence and acknowledge it in gratitude.
- Philip Yancey
My slowness to act is a sign of mercy, not of weakness.
- Philip Yancey
instruct the ignorant, counsel the doubtful, admonish sinners, bear wrongs patiently, forgive offences willingly, comfort the afflicted, pray for the living and the dead.
- Philip Yancey
We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to do the rest.
- Philip Yancey
Virtually every passage on suffering in the New Testament deflects the emphasis from cause to response.
- Philip Yancey
Can we live now "as if" God is loving, gracious, merciful, and all-powerful, even while the blinders of time are obscuring our vision? The
- Philip Yancey
What is faith, after all, but believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse
- Philip Yancey
Can we live now "as if " God is loving, gracious, merciful, and all-powerful, even while the blinders of time are obscuring our vision? The prophets proclaim that history will be determined not by the past or present, but by the future.
- Philip Yancey
A God wise enough to rule the universe is wise enough to watch over his child Job, regardless of how things seem in the bleakest moments.
- Philip Yancey
I used to worry about falling asleep during prayer. Now, as a parent, I understand. What parent wouldn't want her child to fall asleep in her arms?
- Philip Yancey