“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
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.
“There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.”
“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
“Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.”
“I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.”
“Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.”
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
“A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.”
“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.”
“Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.”
“Bear patiently with a rival.”
“If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.”
“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.”
“Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.”
“Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”
“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”