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.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.

Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead.

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.

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.

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.]

Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.