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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the read more
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
[Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
[Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]
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 a necessary ingredient of genius.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.
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.
Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
