Quotes about Patience
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
- John Ortberg
You have not failed until you quit trying.
- Gordon Hinckley
God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking.
- Catherine Marshall
Acting on even a twig of faith allows God to grow it.
- Henry B. Eyring
We truly need Him every hour, whether they be hours of sunshine or of rain.
- Thomas Monson
As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exemption from the trial.
- Hudson Taylor
After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies.
- Samuel Rutherford
Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.
- Alistair Begg
Don't try to steer the river.
- Deepak Chopra
When comfort is withdrawn, do not be cast down, but humbly and patiently await the visitation of God. He is able and powerful to give you more grace and more spiritual comfort than you first had.
- Thomas a Kempis
Spiritual lust causes me to demand an answer from God, instead of seeking God Himself who gives the answer.
- Oswald Chambers
I promise you that one day you will stand aside and look at your difficult times, you will realize that he was always there beside you.
- Thomas Monson