“I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.”
Patience is not passive — it is the active decision to trust the process when every instinct says to force a result. These quotes explore waiting, timing, perseverance, and the quiet strength required to let things unfold.
“Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.”
“I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.”
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”
“Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.”
“The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.”
“Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.”
“The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards.”
“You know, I lose patience really easily I'd rather shop in the grocery store than in the department store. I can pick an apple like nobody's business.”
“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.”
“Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”
“Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?”
“With love and patience, nothing is impossible.”
“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
“Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.”
“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.”
“Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.”