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Patience and fortitude conquer all things
Patience and fortitude conquer all things
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.
In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.
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.
I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.
I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that read more
Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow read more
Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.
