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Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that read more
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.
I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.
I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.
Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his read more
Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
[Fr., Patience et longueur de read more
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
[Fr., Patience et longueur de temps.
Font plus que force ni que rage.]
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow read more
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.