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

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

Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by read more

Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by hir wordes ne his face
Biforn the fold, ne eek in her absence,
Ne shewed she that hir was doon offence.

But there are times when patience proves at fault.

But there are times when patience proves at fault.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through
patience.
[Lat., Durum! sed levius fir read more

It is hard! But what can not be removed, becomes lighter through
patience.
[Lat., Durum! sed levius fir patientia
Quicquid corrigere est nefas.]

The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

The worst speak something good; if all want sense,
God takes a text, and preacheth patience.

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.