Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

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

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

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.

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

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.

His patient soul endures what Heav'n ordains,
But neither feels nor fears ideal pains.

His patient soul endures what Heav'n ordains,
But neither feels nor fears ideal pains.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.