Quotes about Patience
I wish I could shut up like a telescope! I think I could, if I only knew how to begin.
— Lewis Carroll
We do not walk away from others to punish them; we turn away so the embers of anger can cool and reason can again rule our hearts.
— Lisa Bevere
Though the world disregard the society of God's children now, yet there is a time coming in which they would be glad to have the least company with them.
— John Bunyan
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
— St. Augustine
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
— Francis de Sales
Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next.
— Henri Nouwen
I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.
— John Ortberg
You have not failed until you quit trying.
— Gordon Hinckley
God insists that we ask, not because He needs to know our situation, but because we need the spiritual discipline of asking.
— Catherine Marshall
We truly need Him every hour, whether they be hours of sunshine or of rain.
— Thomas Monson
As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exemption from the trial.
— Hudson Taylor
After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies.
— Samuel Rutherford