Quotes about Patience
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
- Henry David Thoreau
When we believe that God is Father, we also believe that such a father's hand will never cause his child a needless tear. We may not understand life any better, but we will not resent life any longer.
- William Barclay
Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures. And however undramatic the pursuit of peace, the pursuit must go on.
- John F. Kennedy
By perseverance the snails reached the ark.
- Charles Spurgeon
An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
- George Eliot
Pray if thou canst with hope, but ever pray, though hope be weak or sick with long delay; pray in the darkness if there be no light; and if for any wish thou dare not pray, then pray to God to cast that wish away.
- Anonymous
God eagerly awaits the chance to bless the person whose heart is turned toward Him.
- Anonymous
If God sees that my spiritual life will be furthered by giving the things for which I ask, then He will give them, but that is not the end of prayer. The end of prayer is that I come to know God Himself.
- Oswald Chambers
God's "nothings" are His most positive answers. We have to stay on God and wait. Never try to help God to fulfill His word.
- Oswald Chambers
Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.
- Martin Luther
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it is best to let him run.
- Abraham Lincoln
To expect life to be tailored to our specifications is to invite frustration.
- Anonymous