Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.

Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.

Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the read more

Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.

But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.

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.