Top 50 Quotes About Patience - Remarkable & Wise Words

The two
most powerful warriors
are patience and time.
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy,
usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy

(1828 – 1910, Russian novelist
who is regarded as one
of the greatest authors of all time)

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Patience is passion tamed.
Lyman Abbott

(1835 – 1922, American theologian, editor, and author)

Only those
who have patience
to do
simple things perfectly
ever acquire the skill
to do
difficult things easily.
James John “Gentleman Jim” Corbett

(1866 – 1933, American professional boxer)

Lack of pep
is often mistaken
for patience.
Frank McKinney Hubbard,
better known by his pen name “Kin” Hubbard

(1868 – 1930, American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist)

We could never learn
to be brave and patient,
if there were only
joy in the world.
Helen Adams Keller

(1880 – 1968, American author, political activist, and lecturer)

Rivers know this:
there is no hurry.
We shall get there
some day.
A.A. Milne

(1882 – 1956, English author)

Patience, persistence
and perspiration
make an unbeatable
combination for success.
Napoleon Hill

(1883 – 1970, American author in the area
of the new thought movement)

I am patient
with stupidity
but not with those
who are proud of it.
Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell

(1887 – 1964, British poet and critic)

Good ideas are not
adopted automatically.
They must be driven
into practice
with courageous patience.
Hyman Rickover

(1900 – 1986, United States Navy admiral)

Teach us, O Lord,
the disciplines of patience,
for to wait
is often harder
than to work.
Peter Marshall

(1902 – 1949, Scots-American preacher, and pastor)