Quotes about Patience

When life is difficult, God wants us to have a faith that trusts and waits.

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

Whether we like it or not, God intends to give us what we need, not what we now think we want

trying to cook over the fire, plugging in the lamp before attempting to flip it on, or cranking up the engine before trying to put the car into gear. We

Patience is how love diffuses something negative; kindness is how love initiates something positive.

When you choose to be patient, you respond in a positive way to a negative situation. You are slow to anger. You choose to have a long fuse instead of a quick temper. Rather than being restless and demanding, love helps you settle down and begin extending mercy to those around you. Patience brings an internal calm during an external storm.

But in addition to spiritual matters, providing for your family's emotional needs must also remain a priority. One reason to avoid constantly coming home drained and depleted from too many hours of work is so you're not as likely to be touchy, impatient, and irritable around your family. Part of their emotional well-being depends on the pleasantness of your conversation, your ability to give them your full attention, and your quickness to be understanding and forgiving.

If patience is how love reacts in order to minimize a negative circumstance, kidness is how love acts to maximize a positive circumstance. Patience avoids a problem; kidness creates a blessing.

You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.

Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.

Will You help me hear the song You're singing over all this noise?

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.