Quotes about Patience

Prayer is not a preparation for work, it IS work. Prayer is not a preparation for the battle, it IS the battle. Prayer is two-fold: definite asking and definite waiting to receive.

God owes me nothing. He doesn't have to work for anything good in my life. That is only for those who are called according to His purpose.

Take Christ in with you under your yoke, and let patience have her perfect work.

I cannot tell you how long it takes for your exercise to work. If you haven't seen any results in a year or six months you're doing something wrong.

Don't try to tackle a two-hour feature movie as your first project. Cut your teeth on a smaller level and work through the kinks at that level and build your strength as you go.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive and the true success is to labour.

If Noah waited for signs of rain to build an ark, he would have been swept away by the flood.

Don't try moving mountains God ordained you to climb.

Harsh winters precede pleasant springs.

Preparation time is necessary for your growth. Trust and believe everything you're going through is preparing you for some request you put out into the Universe.

I've been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn't feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere.

I live in constant anticipation of good stuff. It's not being 'Pollyanna' about things, but most stories don't have the ending we would give them right away. The better endings come later.