Patience quotes

Patience

667 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

"This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life."

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Rumi
Rumi Poet, Philosopher

"When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety; if I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without pain. From this I understand that what I want also wants me, is looking for me and attracting me. There is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it."

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Hermann Hesse Novelist, Poet
Patience

"To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do."

People Revenge Patience
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Cornel West Philosopher
Patience

"The country is in deep trouble. We've forgotten that a rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it. We need the courage to question the powers that be, the courage to be impatient with evil and patient with people, the courage to fight for social justice. In many instances we will be stepping out on nothing, and just hoping to land on something. But that's the struggle. To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word."

Country Life Patience
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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
Patience

"Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time."

Inspiring Patience Moving On
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Moliere Playwright, Actor
Patience

"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."

Wise Wisdom Patience
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Barack Obama Politician
Patience

"The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it. . ."

Real Perseverance Patience
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Rainer Maria Rilke Poet, Novelist
Patience

"Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything."

Ego Solitude Patience
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Paulo Coelho Writer
Patience

"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."

Life Love Patience
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Epictetus Philosopher
Patience

"No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen."

Life Time Patience
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May Sarton Poet
Patience

"Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace."

Life Nature Patience
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