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Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.

In times of uncertainty, wait. Always, if you have any doubt, wait. Do not force yourself to any action. If you have a restraint in your spirit, wait until all is clear, and do not go against it.

It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form.

I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.

In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a quiet, difficult undertaking, requiring subtlety in a filmmaker and perception and patience from us.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.

I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.

It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience.

It's not that I'm so smart.

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.

It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad.

Just take your time - wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.

Kindness and courage can repair time's faults, And serving him breeds patience and courtesy In us, light sojourners and passing subjects.

Know it for certain that without steady devotion for the Guru and unflinching patience and perseverance, nothing is to be achieved. You must have strict morality.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.

Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well.

Let this be one invariable rule of your conduct--never to show the least symptom of resentment, which you cannot, to a certain degree, gratify; but always to smile, where you cannot strike.

Logic can be patient, for it is eternal.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

Know full well that patience is the best means of succeeds.

Love conquers in the long run. It won't do to become impatient - wait, wait - patience is bound to give success. . . .

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.

My biggest weakness is patience, wanting to see things happen too quickly or get changes in place right away. Not having the patience to let things develop.

My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.

My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.

Nature, time and patience are three great physicians.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Never speak out of anger, Never act out of fear, Never choose from impatience, But wait... and peace will appear.

Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.

No man can be patient who has not strong passions, for patience is passion tamed.

O gentle son, Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper, sprinkle cool patience.

[On being an actor] .nothing more than a worker in a service occupation . It's like being a waiter or a gas station attendant, but I'm waiting on 6 million people in a week if I'm lucky.

Patience is a virtue Savannah, to tolerate delay. It implies self control and forbearance, as opposed to wanting what we want when we want it. Something to think about. . .

Often you shall think your road impassable, sombre and companionless. Have will and plod along; and round each curve you shall find a new companion.

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.

Patience makes lighter / What sorrow may not heal. ("sed levius fit patientia quidquid corrigere est nefas")

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

Patience is passion tamed.

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time, and not be discouraged at the rests. If we say sadly to ourselves, "There is no music in a rest," let us not forget " there is the making of music in it." The making of music is often a slow and painful process in this life. How patiently God works to teach us! How long He waits for us to learn the lesson!

Patience is the greatest of all virtues.

Patience has never been my strong suit.

Patience; accomplish thy labor; accomplish thy work of affection! Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike. Therefore accomplish thy labor of love, till the heart is made godlike, Purified, strengthened, perfected, and rendered more worthy of heaven.