Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.

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.

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.

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.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.