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.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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

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

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.

The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.

The Lord is good unto them who wait for him, to the soul that
seeketh him.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.