Quotes about Patience

How long do you expect me to wait while you cauterize your senses, one after another turning yourself to an impervious glass tower?

I thought she'd get angry then, but all she said was, "You are not unique in the universe. No one has an easy time in life. But maybe God has effed up—as you put it—your life for a reason." "And I can hardly fucking wait to find out what that is," I said.

How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things?

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

I believe the prayers of 30 years ago are not lost. We may not see the results of our labour or sacrifice immediately, but in due time they will produce much fruit.

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.

When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes; when you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours. That's relativity.

Whenever the Lord holds us in suspense, and delays his aid, he is not therefore asleep, but, on the contrary, regulates all His works in such a manner that he does nothing but at the proper time.

This white man who is saying "it takes time." For three hundred and more years they have had "time," and now it is time for them to listen.

There may be challenges or crosses that may have delayed your goals temporarily, but now it's time to move forward.

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

The next time you're disappointed, don't panic. Don't give up. Just be patient and let God remind you He's still in control.