Quotes about Patience

Even though we can't have all we want, we ought to be thankful we don't get all we deserve.

"You are accepted!" ... accepted by that which is greater than you and the name of which you do not know. Do not ask the name now, perhaps you will know it later. Do not try to do anything, perhaps later you will do much. Do not seek for anything, do not perform anything, do not intend anything. Simply accept the fact that you are accepted.

All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days, nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet.

Habit is habit, and not to be thrown out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy; but, my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.

Waiting is a dry desert between where we are and where we want to be. (Finding My Way Home)

Active waiting means present fully to the moment, in the conviction that something is happening where you are and that you want to be present to it.

I'm really happy. Really! I think people honestly just want to see me as a mum and married and barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. And I just want to say, 'Everybody, relax! It's going to happen.'

I have learned God doesn't always change those people we want Him to change; instead, He often uses them to change us.

You need to be moving if you want God to show you which way to go.

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.

Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith.