Quotes about Patience

Never forget what a person says to you when they are angry.

Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Troubles are often the tools God fashions us for better things.

Jesus said, ''Go ye!'' but He also said, ''Tarry until!'' Let any man shut himself up for a week with only bread and water, with no books except the Bible, with no visitor except the Holy Ghost, and I guarantee, my preacher brethren, that that man will either break up or break through and out. After that, like Paul, he will be known in hell!

If we will give God time, He will give us timeless souls.

I understand God's patience with the wicked, but I do wonder how He can be so patient with the pious. —GEORGE MACDONALD

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

A dream can be nurtured over years and years and then flourish rapidly. . . . Be patient. It will happen for you. Sooner or later, life will get weary of beating on you and holding the door shut on you, and then it will let you in and throw you a real party

Sometimes I liken the comedian's lifestyle a little bit to a firefighter's in the sense that there's a lot of waiting and a lot of nothingness. And then there are moments of urgent firefighting.

Over the last 20 years, I've worked on or invested in many companies that scaled to 100 million users or more. But here's the thing: You don't start with 100 million users. You start with a few. So, stop thinking big, and start thinking small.

The longer you hold a dollar, the longer you hold money, the more valuable it becomes over time. So the younger you are, the more ability you have to hold money longer term.

I had been used to chatter. To sit quietly did not come easy. However, with time and patience, I was learning.