Quotes about Patience

Salvation is a process, not an event.

Faith is something that looks backward - we remember the ways God has come through for his people, and for us, and our belief is strengthened that he will come through again. Love is exercised in the present moment; we love in the now. Hope reaches into the future to take hold of something we do not yet have, may not even see.

Effective prayer is often like the felling of a great tree—it takes repeated blows.

The key to receiving answers to prayers for guidance is to let go of our constant attempt to "figure things out."

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!

Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself. Inaugural Adress, January 20, 1961

When you do something noble and beautiful and no one notices, don't be sad. Sunrise is a beautiful spectacle but without a doubt the greater part of the audience is still asleep.

Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun, and if the sun don't come, we'll be standing in the English rain.

When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

LISTEN twice as much as you speak.

We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever. Do our best for the moment, then let it go. If we have to redo it, we can do our best in another moment, later.

Really don't choose every day from the harvest you experience but from the seeds you plant