Quotes about Patience

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

Do not run away; let go. Do not seek, for it will come when least expected.

No, Stubb; you may pound that knot there as much as you please, but you will never pound into me what you were just now saying.

As with the Hawaiian savage, so with the white sailor-savage. With the same marvellous patience, and with the same single shark's tooth, of his one poor jack-knife, he will carve you a bit of bone sculpture, not quite as workmanlike, but as close packed in its maziness of design, as the Greek savage, Achilles's shield; and full of barbaric spirit and suggestiveness, as the prints of that fine old Dutch savage, Albert Durer.

Why, thou monkey, we've been cruising now hard upon three years and thou hast not raised a whale yet. Whales are scarce as hen's teeth when thou art up there.

No one warns young people to follow Adam's example. He waited till God saw his need. Then God made Adam sleep, prepared for his mate, and brought her to him. We need more of this 'being asleep' in the will of God.

Just follow your dreams and be patient.

Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

With aging comes physical and emotional challenge. We cannot seem to get as much done in an hour as we did in youth. And it is harder to be patient with others, and they seem more demanding.

No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary.

It's a real pleasure to earn the trust of your customers slowly over time by doing what's right.