Notables and Quotables
“Patience”
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
- Aristotle, Philosopher
“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”
- Saadi Shirazi, Iranian Poet
“The strongest of all warriors are these two – time and patience.”
- Leo Tolstoy, Author
“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
- Benjamin Franklin, American Politician
“To lose patience is to lose the battle.”
- Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Civil Rights Leader
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Philosopher
“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.”
- David G. Allen, American Author
“Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it's how we behave while we’re waiting.
- Joyce Meyer, American Author
“Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait. Be still and allow the mud to settle.”
- Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher
“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.”
- Helen Keller, American Disability Advocate
“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”
- Edmund Burke, British Politician
