Quotes about Patience

When we worry we are saying, 'I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God's not getting it right'.

Hard times may have held you down, but they will not last forever. When all is said and done, you will be increased.

There are times in our Christian life when we cannot see beyond the next step and we have to trust God.

Be simple and always take the next step. You needn't see it in advance, but you can look back at it afterwards.There is no 'how' of life, one just does it.

I know that you don't believe it, but indeed, life will bring you through. You will live it down in time. What you need now is fresh air, fresh air, fresh air!

Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping.

Nothing of great value in this life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

I despaired at the thought that my life might slip by without seeing God show himself mightily on our behalf.

We like to control the map of our life and know everything well in advance. But faith is content just knowing that God's promise cannot fail. This, in fact, is the excitement of walking with God.

The hardest part of faith is often simply to wait. And the trouble is, if we don't, then we start to fix the problem ourselves - and that makes it worse. We complicate the situation to the point where it takes God much longer to fix it than if we had quietly waited for his working in the first place.

When we talk to ourselves, we're not talking to anyone very smart, because our outlook is very limited. But if we talk to God, we're talking to someone who knows everything. He knows what he promised in the beginning, and he knows exactly how to fulfill those promises no matter the circumstances.