You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Patience means restraining one's inclinations.
Patience means restraining one's inclinations.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
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.
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
Patience and shuffle the cards.
[Sp., Paciencia y barajar.]
Patience and shuffle the cards.
[Sp., Paciencia y barajar.]
Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.
Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
