That which in mean men we entitle patience
Is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
Patience Quotes
Counting entries, Shakespeare comes first, followed by Swami Vivekananda, Ali, Longfellow and James Richardson. Two sourced lines cover the territory. Tolstoy’s War and Peace (1865) says everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait; Bierce, in 1911, defines patience as a minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
Flagged: “Patience is a remedy for every sorrow,” credited to Publilius Syrus; a remark about not having the patience to check out what is happening in music, theater and science, credited to Jimi Hendrix, both disputed; and a line about the marvel of all history being the patience with which people submit to burdens, credited to George Washington and marked misattributed.
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
Patience. A lot of people quit after the first few years but if you persevere victory is yours.
I knew from hunting food the thing you need most of isn't water or ammo, it's patience.
We should exercise patience and give him time before attacking him.
I doubt not then but innocence shall make
False accusation blush, and tyranny
Tremble at patience.
Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.