Quotes about Patience

So now, when anyone says that such and such is done too quickly, you can reply that they have looked at it too quickly.

Neither Gauguin nor Bernard has written again. I think that Gauguin doesn't care a damn about it, because it isn't going to be done at once, and I for my part, seeing that Gauguin has managed to muddle along by himself for six months, am ceasing to believe in the urgent necessity of helping him.

But don't worry too much about it, we shall not fail, but what I tell you is true - from the moment that I send this letter off till I get your answer, which I hope, however, will cross mine, I shall be without a cent, and it will mean fasting again. Well, let's hope we shall be together soon, and that the worst will be over.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

You have to make time, even for something as universal as staring at the stars.

Never miss an opportunity to shut up.

Think first. Talk less. Start today.

If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.

It often requires more courage to suffer in silence than to rebel, more courage not to strike back than to retaliate, more courage to be silent than to speak.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage

The fact is, you can't marry the best when you're dating the runner-up. While you're searching for Mr. Right, don't settle for Mr. Right Now.