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

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