“Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.”
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.
“A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.”
“Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.”
“Genius is eternal patience.”
“I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.”
“A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.”
“We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.”
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”
“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.”
“Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”
“Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but it's also a question of working with patience and love.”
“Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.”
“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.”
“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”
“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.”
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”
“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.”