Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Patience and fortitude conquer all things."
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Be Patient
38 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Ovid
Poet
"Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour."
Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher, Theologian
"Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown."
Woodrow Wilson
Politician
"All things come to him who waits - provided he knows what he is waiting for."
Thomas Fuller
Physician
"Abused patience turns to fury."
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"Be patient, Ophelia. Love, Hamlet"
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"By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity."
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"To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship."
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"A good horse should be seldom spurred."
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"All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer."
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"Infinite Patience brings Immediate Results."
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"Who can be patient in extremes?"
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"Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority."
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"Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all."
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"Be patient, for it is from doubt that knowledge is born."
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"You have to be patient. I'm not!"
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