Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. Ovid
First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. Mahatma Gandhi
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Lao Tzu
Patience and fortitude conquer all things. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. Søren Kierkegaard
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With love and patience, nothing is impossible. Daisaku Ikeda
Just keep going when it’s tough. Just keep going when it’s long. Maxime Lagacé
A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. George Savile
Patience is not passive, on the contrary, it is concentrated strength. Bruce Lee
You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for. Craig Bruce
When you have self-knowledge, you’re naturally calm and poised. You overcome obstacles with ease. They are part of your plan. Maxime Lagacé
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world. Helen Keller
Our patience will achieve more than our force. Edmund Burke
Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. Virgil
Maybe that’s why life is so precious. No rewind or fast forward… just patience and faith. Cristina Marrero
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The Best Patience Quotes
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Click to tweet
All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope. Alexandre Dumas
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. Albert Einstein
Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything. Rainer Maria Rilke
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. Julius Caesar
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
Patience is the key to paradise. Turkish proverb
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. Molière
Slow and steady wins the race. Aesop Click to tweet
Patience is the key to contentment. The Prophet Muhammad
Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. May Sarton
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. Chinese proverb
Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. Molière Click to tweet
Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. Robert H. Schuller
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Bruce Lee Click to tweet
There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient. Sivananda Saraswati
Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work. Peter Marshall
Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things – of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires. Sheri L. Dew
Change is slow and gradual. It requires hard work, a bit of luck, a fair amount of self-sacrifice, and a lot of patience. Robert Greene
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. Francis Bacon
Have patience with all things but first of all with yourself. Francis de Sales
What Is Patience?
Patience is the companion of wisdom. Augustine of Hippo
Patience is the art of hoping. Luc de Clapiers
Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. Plautus
Patience means self-suffering. Mahatma Gandhi
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow – that is patience. Unknown
Patience is poultice for all wounds. Irish proverb
Patience is the only true foundation on which to make one’s dreams come true. Franz Kafka Click to tweet
Part 2. Patience Quotes That Are…
The Most Famous Patience Quotes (Edison, Shakespeare, Keller, etc.)
No great thing is created suddenly. Epictetus Click to tweet
To lose patience is to lose the battle. Mahatma Gandhi
Don’t put the cart before the horse. John Heywood
Patience and the passage of time do more than strength and fury. Jean de La Fontaine
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. Michelangelo
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Leonardo da Vinci
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Leo Tolstoy
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Thomas Edison
Genius is eternal patience. Michelangelo
All we need is just a little patience. Gun’s And Roses
Never put passion before principle, even if you win, you’ll lose. Mr. Miyagi (Karate Kid)
Patience you must have, my young padawan. Yoda (Star Wars)
The very important thing you should have is patience. Jack Ma (Alibaba)
All good things come to he who waits. Proverb
Have patience, God isn’t finished yet. Philippians 1:6
He that can have patience can have what he will. Benjamin Franklin Click to tweet
I am a slow walker, but I never walk back. Abraham Lincoln
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. Margaret Thatcher
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? William Shakespeare
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Lao Tzu
Everything comes if a man will only wait. Benjamin Disraeli
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius
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Haste has no blessing. Swahili saying
One minute of patience, ten years of peace. Greek proverb
Slow is every foot on an unknown path. Irish proverb
Hard work combined with patience is a superpower. Maxime Lagacé
Nothing else is necessary but these – love, sincerity, and patience. Swami Vivekananda Click to tweet
Patience is a key element of success. Bill Gates (Microsoft)
Be impatient with actions but patient with results. Naval Ravikant
Haste makes waste. John Heywood
Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience. Rita Mae Brown
Time is the wisest of all counselors. Plutarch
Patience is the best medicine. John Florio
The greatest power is often simple patience. E. Joseph Cossman
All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou
Patience is a fruit of the spirit that grows only under trial. Joyce Meyer
Genius is patience. Isaac Newton
You can’t rush something you want to last forever. Unknown
What comes easy won’t last. What lasts won’t come easy. Unknown
A man who masters patience masters everything else. Unknown
Bear and forbear. Unknown
Patience in all things is your crucial shield. Robert Greene Click to tweet
Patience is a conquering virtue. Geoffrey Chaucer
Patience isn’t a virtue; it’s a necessity. Lou Holtz
Endurance is patience concentrated. Thomas Carlyle
While we wait for life, life passes. Seneca
Time discovers truth. Seneca
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Inspirational Patience Quotes
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. Saadi Click to tweet
Misfortune is the test of a person’s merit. Seneca
Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience. George-Louis de Buffon
Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you. Swami Vivekananda
Almost everything is outside of your control. You may take all the right actions and fail. You may take no action and win. All you can do is put yourself is positions to win. Be consistent. Patience will eventually get luck on your side. Crypto Seneca
Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up. Buddha
There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience. Jean de la Bruyere
It will be your toughest battle. It will be the only one worth it. Maxime Lagacé
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. Joseph Addison
Sometimes things aren’t clear right away. That’s where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead. Mary Pierce
Your mastery depends on focus, patience and practice. Not on luck. Robin Sharma
Part 1. This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every failure is a stepping stone to success. Sivananda Saraswati
Part 2. Every difficulty or disappointment is a trial of your faith. Every unpleasant incident or temptation is a test of your inner strength. Therefore nil desperandum. March forward hero! Sivananda Saraswati
Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they. Leonardo da Vinci
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice – no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. John Burroughs
Grain by grain a loaf, stone by stone, a castle. Yugoslavian saying
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere. Barack Obama
Part 1. Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Margaret Atwood
Part 2. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Margaret Atwood
Part 3. Remember you are half water. If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does. Margaret Atwood
If you want a more patient world, let patience be your motto. Steve Maraboli
Because you are alive, everything is possible. Thich Nhat Hanh Click to tweet
Trust the process. Your time is coming. Just do the work and the results will handle themselves. Tony Gaskins
If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big. Hesiod
Don’t chase, don’t beg, don’t stress, don’t be desperate, just relax. When you relax, it will come to you. Make your wants, want you. Unknown
You will get there when you are meant to get there and not moment sooner. So relax, breathe, and be patient. Unknown
It’s not imagination on my part when I say that to look up at the sky, the clouds, the moon, and the stars make me calm and patient. Anne Frank
It doesn’t matter how many setbacks you come across, it’s the comeback that makes your story stand the test of time. So, be the comeback. Defy the odds. Tofe Evans
Take pleasure in the laborious research process — enjoy the slow cooking of the idea, the organic growth that naturally takes shape over time. Robert Greene
The secret engine fueling success is patience. It will actually get you to most goals much quicker and smoother than the alternative. Neil Strauss
My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there. Josh Billings
The continuous drip polishes the stone. Peruvian saying
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Funny And Surprising Patience Quotes
At the gate of patience there is no crowding. Moroccan saying
Drive slow and enjoy the scenery – drive fast and join the scenery. Douglas Horton
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. Arnold H. Glasow
The common man prays, ‘I want a cookie right now!’ And God responds, ‘If you’d listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies’. Criss Jami
The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey seems. Maori saying
All good things arrive unto them that wait – and don’t die in the meantime. Mark Twain Click to tweet
Impatience may be a virtue if you have to write for today’s generation. Haresh Sippy
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. Franklin P. Jones
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. Barbara Johnson
Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity. Sammy Davis Jr
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. Guy Kawasaki Click to tweet
Deep And Emotional Patience Quotes
All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them. Marcus Aurelius
The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland
Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength. Charles Caleb Colton
Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty. John Ruskin Click to tweet
Who is happy? The man with low expectations. Who is successful? The man with high expectations. Who is wise? The man with patience. Maxime Lagacé
Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent. B.C. Forbes
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. Laurence J. Peter
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. Thomas Fuller
If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. Hal Borland (See also: strength quotes)
The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in adversity. Seneca
A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Successful people know the difference between patience and procrastination. Unknown
Patience, a willingness to completely surrender to the process, and the importance of listening. Unknown
Patience is the master key to every situation. One must have sympathy for everything, surrender to everything, but at the same time remain patient and forbearing. Franz Kafka
Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement. Vera Nazarian Click to tweet
The salt of patience seasons everything. Italian saying
We suffer more in imagination than in reality. Seneca
What may not be altered is made lighter by patience. Horace
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Wise Patience Quotes (Words Of Wisdom)
In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. W.B. Prescott Click to tweet
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown. Søren Kierkegaard
And sure enough, even waiting will end… if you can just wait long enough. William Faulkner
What can you control? Your efforts and where you apply your efforts. What can’t you control? Results. Let them go. Believe. Maxime Lagacé
Mastery requires both impatience and patience. The impatience to have a bias toward action, to not waste time, and to work with a sense of urgency each day. The patience to delay gratification, to wait for your actions to accumulate, and to trust the process. James Clear
Patience earns interest. Impatience pays interest. Jack Butcher
It is far better to endure patiently a smart which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you. Charlotte Brontë
Patience and wisdom walk hand in hand, like two one-armed lovers. Jarod Kintz (See also: healing quotes)
Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is “timing”. It waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. Fulton J. Sheen
The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter. Paulo Coelho
Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind. David G. Allen
All things come to him who waits – provided he knows what he is waiting for. Woodrow Wilson
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Unknown
No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. Orson F. Whitney
Always seem patient, as if you know that everything will come to you eventually. Robert Greene
Once you learn patience, your options suddenly expand. Robert Greene
All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable. Orson F. Whitney
What was hard to suffer is sweet to remember. Seneca Click to tweet
We should always allow some time to elapse, for time discloses the truth. Seneca
Time heals what reason cannot. Seneca
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly. Epictetus
Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time. Ovid
Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves. Euripides
Keep doing your Karm (work). Don’t start expecting the results. Bhagavad Gita
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Part 3. Poem About Patience And Time
For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Part 4. Conclusion
Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. Proverbs 16:32 Click to tweet
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Table Of Contents
Part 1
Top 15 Images
Best Patience Quotes
What Is Patience?
Part 2
Patience Quotes That ARE
Famous
Short
Inspirational
Funny
Deep
Wise
Part 3
Poem About Patience
Part 4
Conclusion
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Patience Is going through what you don’t want to get what you want
That’s a good one Francis, thanks!
Maxime
Mine is “In your patience possess ye your souls” Luke 21:19
I’m so much in love with the statement because it makes me understand that my soul is my possession only when I let patience lead me. Every other thing is inconsequential if I’m patient. Whenever I’m not, it simply mean that I have successful allowed my soul to be possessed by whatever it is that is making me restless or in the opposite side of patient…
Yes, that’s so true.
Every time we are angry, in fact, we are losing our soul, our mind.
But a life without ups and downs makes no sense.
However, this quote is perfect for guidance in everyday life.
Thanks for sharing with us,
Maxime
I love these quotes. You can actually convert this quotes on your site into a book.
Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked them!
A book would be a good idea, yes!
Thanks,
Maxime