"Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later."
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"Patience gives your spouse permission to be human. It understands that everyone fails. When a mistake is made, it chooses to give them more time that they deserve to correct it. It gives you the ability to hold on during the rough times in your relationship rather than bailing out under the pressure."
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"We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own."
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"If you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. Let us hope that."
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"Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself."
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"It's not that I'm so smart."
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"He who was living is now dead We who were living are now dying With a little patience."
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"Humility is attentive patience."
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"The fruit falls from the tree when it gets ripe. So wait for the time to come. Do not hurry. Moreover, no one has the right to make others miserable by his foolish acts. Wait, have patience, everything will come right in time."
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"Don't cross the bridge til you come to it."
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"By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never."
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"The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing."
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"O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience."
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"Keep your friendships in repair."
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"Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world."
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"Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim. Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be beneficial."
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"The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind. It enables us to remain undisturbed, even when the situation is really difficult. It gives us a certain amount of inner peace, which allows us some self-control, so that we can choose to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner, rather than being driven by our disturbing emotions."
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"Kindness and courage can repair time's faults, And serving him breeds patience and courtesy In us, light sojourners and passing subjects."
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"Waiting does not exist in the experience of those who recognize the presence of love wherever they are."
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"Well, we must wait for the future to show."
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