Inspirational Quotes About Patience
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“He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances.
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David Hume (1711-1776);
Philosopher
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“Patience is a kind of love. A love that is its own explanation in bewildered circumstance. It is an old, old woman placing a wrinkled-parchment hand against the cheek of a reckless child. Because her heart is too wise to make room for reproach. Too full to find place for offense.
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Pavithra Mehta -
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“I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves...Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now...the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now.”
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926);
Excerpt From Letters To A Young Poet
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“Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight... When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”
Helen Keller (1880-1968);
Author, Lecturer, Activist
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“Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All thing pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing:God alone suffices.”
St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582);
Nun, Mystic, Writer
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“The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.”
Lawrence G. Lovasik (1913-1986);
Catholic Priest, Author
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This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 08/31/10
“Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day. ”
Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961);
Swedish Political Leader, Secretary General Of The United Nations
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This Quote Was Our Daily Quote On: 06/17/11
“Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.”
John Steinbeck (1902-1968);
American Writer
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