Quotes about Patience

There is an old saying that "by the yard it's hard; but inch by inch, anything's a cinch!

Practice one virtue for a period of two weeks, then three weeks, then one virtue per month.

I told you, in my last, that He sometimes permits bodily diseases to cure the distempers of the soul. Have courage then: make a virtue of necessity: ask of GOD, not deliverance from your pains, but strength to bear resolutely, for the love of Him, all that He should please, and as long as He shall please.

But as a wise and great teacher once explained so patiently, all good stories - stories that touch your soul, stories that change your nature, stories that cause you to become a better person from their telling-these stories always contain truth.

Life will not always be so hard and cruel. Our difficulties are but a moment.

The book of Nature had waited more than a millennium for a reader.

Would you say, "Billy, be home by the time the Earth has rotated enough so as to occult the Sun below the local horizon"? Billy would be long gone before you're finished.

You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.

God will help you," Maggie said. "He's just waiting to be asked.

Take 2 heaping cups of Patience 1 heart full of Love 2 handfuls of Generosity Sprinkle with Kindness Add plenty of Faith Mix well and spread over a period of a lifetime and serve everybody you meet.

Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls.

If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.