Quotes about Patience

I never make plans, because whenever I do I find out God has other plans.

I found that this Parkinson's does slow you down, whether you want to slow down or not.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

The universe can take quite a while to deliver.

I believe that some of us who were kept by God a long while before we found Him love Him better perhaps than we should have done if we had received Him directly, and we can preach better to others - we can speak more of His loving-kindness and tender mercy.

The Lord never lays more on us, in the way of chastisement, than our state of heart makes needful; so that whilst He smites with the one hand, He supports with the other.

When I grew up, my model of God was like a lifeguard: I knew He loved me, but He blew his whistle a lot.

I believe in one principle: Do your work and leave the rest to God.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend.