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There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience and tears.
There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience and tears.
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
 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. 
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
 Endurance is the crowning quality,
 And patience all the passion of great hearts.  
 Endurance is the crowning quality,
 And patience all the passion of great hearts. 
If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.
If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.
Rule by patience, Laughing Water!
Rule by patience, Laughing Water!
I worked with patience which means almost power.
I worked with patience which means almost power.
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.