Quotes about Patience

There are no drive-thru breakthroughs. Breakthroughs take time.

You would be better off having nobody than the wrong somebody. (On marrying for the wrong reasons.)

Seek His face and not His hand.

Patience is a fruit of the spirit that grows only under trial. It is useless to pray for patience. Well, actually I encourage you to pray for patience, but I'll tell you what you'll get TRIALS!

We must meditate on what God has done in our life instead of what we are still waiting on Him to do.

I'm not where I need to be, but thank God i'm not where I used to be.

God does not always call us to go back physically to a place we have been. But if for example we have a difficult time submitting to a boss with a certain personality God may call us to continue working with someone who has the same personality until we master the situation in a godly way. God does not want us to be on the run He wants us to confront our fears and frustrations in order to find peace in Him.

I always say believe for a bunch, and even if you only get half of it you are better off than believing for a little and getting all of it.

frustration, complication and misery are available in abundance, but so is God's grace.

We like everything instantaneous. We have the fruit of patience inside, but it is being worked to the outside. Sometimes God takes His time about bringing us our full deliverance. He uses the difficult period of waiting to stretch our faith and to let patience have her perfect work (see James 1:4 KJV). God's timing is perfect. He is never late.

Calm down, stop trying to figure out the answers, and turn your focus to God.

I can patiently wait for the things I want in life, trusting God to bring them in His timing.