Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.

Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.

Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.

Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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.

But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.

But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Or arm th' obdured breast
With stubborn patience as with triple steel.

Or arm th' obdured breast
With stubborn patience as with triple steel.