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Quotes about Patience

Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
- Ecclesiastes 5:2
The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
- Ecclesiastes 11:4
before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
- Ecclesiastes 12:2
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 2:7
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 3:5