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

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

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.

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.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

He that can have Patience, can have what he will

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?

With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a read more

With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn.

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: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.

Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.