Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.

Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.

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.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope

All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience read more

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

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.]

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.