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"Before us lay a painful road, And guidance have I sought in duteous love From Wisdom's heavenly Father. Hence hath flowed Patience, with trust that, whatsoe'er the way Each takes in this high matter, all may move Cheered with the prospect of a brighter day."
"In all evils which admit a remedy, impatience is to be avoided, because it wastes that time and attention in complaints, that, if properly applied might remove the cause."
"Take more time, cover less ground."
"Know it for certain that without steady devotion for the Guru and unflinching patience and perseverance, nothing is to be achieved. You must have strict morality."
"Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open."
"The cart before the horse is neither beautiful nor useful."
"We are independent of the change we detect. The longer the lever, the less perceptible its motion. It is the slowest pulsation which is the most vital. The hero then will know how to wait, as well as to make haste. All good abides with him who waiteth wisely; we shall sooner overtake the dawn by remaining here than by hurrying over the hills of the west."
"I have not the smarts or patience for political office."
"Patience; accomplish thy labor; accomplish thy work of affection! Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. Therefore accomplish thy labor of love, till the heart is made godlike, Purified, strengthened, perfected, and rendered more worthy of heaven."
"The most important benefit of patience consists in the way it acts as a powerful antidote to the affliction of anger - the greatest threat to our inner peace, and therefore our happiness. The mind, or spirit, is not physical, it cannot be touched or harmed directly. Only negative thoughts and emotions can harm it. Therefore, only the corresponding positive quality can protect it."
"Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience."
"And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture."
"I worked with patience which means almost power."
"By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable."
"Time can but make it easier to be wise / Though now it seems impossible, and so / All that you need is patience."
"And sure enough, even waiting will end...if you can just wait long enough."
"I do oppose My patience to his fury, and am arm'd To suffer, with a quietness of spirit, The very tyranny and rage of his."
"That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts."
"Who can be patient in extremes?"
"He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding."
