Quotes about Patience

One good way to check our motives when doing something for the Lord is to see how sweet and patient we can remain when it does not go the way we want it to.

This is where so many distressing stories come from about people in the ministry. Anyone who is attempting to help others in the way of Christ needs to have the life they are describing. They must have peace, purity, patience, and the other fruit produced by following Jesus. They must have a willingness to see others praised, while they are overlooked. They must die to the idea that what they want has any importance at all.

God will gladly give humility to us if, trusting and waiting on him to act, we refrain from pretending we are what we know we are not, from presuming a favorable position for ourselves and from pushing or trying to override the will of others.

My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you're able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

Please God … lead me to that kind of love. Until then, help me to know that You are enough.

Job said, "Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face."

"If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time."

If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was.

The words "I love you" take two seconds to say, two hours to explain and a lifetime to prove.

Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.

Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.