“I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.”
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.
“If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.”
“I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.”
“Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.”
“Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.”
“We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.”
“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.”
“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 necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.”
“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
“There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.”
“If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.”
“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.”
“Genius is eternal patience.”
“My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.”
“Humility is attentive patience.”
“All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.”