Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Patience has its limits, take it too far and it’s cowardice.
—Holbrook Jackson (1874–1948) British Journalist, Writer, Publisher
Like farmers we need to learn that we cannot sow and reap the same day.
—Unknown
Whether it’s marriage of business, patience is the first rule of success.
—William Feather (1889–1981) American Publisher, Author
Genius is eternal patience.
—Michelangelo (1475–1564) Italian Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Poet, Engineer
Patience is even more rarely manifested in the intellect than it is in the temper.
—Arthur Helps (1813–75) British Essayist, Historian
If you are tempted to lose patience with your fellowman; stop and think how patient God has been with you.
—Unknown
Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses.
—Unknown
The biggest pitfall as you make your way through your life is impatience.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
The secret of patience… to do something else in the meantime.
—Unknown
Patience makes lighter what sorrow may not heal.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
Patient endurance attends to all things.
—Teresa of Avila (1515–82) Spanish Carmelite Nun, Mystic
Patience is the ability to count down before you blast off.
—Unknown
How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?
—Paul Sweeney
Patience, money and time bring all things to past.
—Common Proverb
Who longest waits most surely wins.
—Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–85) American Novelist, Civil Rights Activist
Of all the things that tax a man’s patience, there’s nothing to compare with a stuck zipper.
—Indian Proverb
Who can be patient in extremes?
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Nature thrives on patience; man on impatience.
—Paul Boese
Time is like a river of fleeting events, and its current is strong; as soon as something comes into sight, it is swept past us, and something else takes its place, and that too will be swept away.
—Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher
He that is patient will persevere; and he that perseveres will often have occasion for, as well as trial of patience.
—Tryon Edwards American Theologian
Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
He who is not impatient is not in love.
—Italian Proverb
There is no such thing as preaching patience into people unless the sermon is so long that their have to practice it while they hear. No man can learn patience except by going out into the hurly-burly world, and taking life just as it blows. Patience is but lying to and riding out the gale.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively.
—Peter Senge (b.1947) American Management Consultant, Author, Scientist
I am patient with stupidity, but not with those who are proud of it.
—Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) British Poet, Literary Critic
Forgive, forget. Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours. Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.
—Phillips Brooks (1835–93) American Episcopal Clergyman, Author
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
—Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) Russian Novelist
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–81) British Head of State
A patient man is one who can put up with himself.
—Unknown