Pondering Patience

One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.
~Chinese Proverb~

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
~John Quincy Adams~

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

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
~Joseph Addison~

Patience with others is Love, Patience with self is Hope, Patience with God is Faith.
~Adel Bestavros~

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
~William Edgar Borah~

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
~William Channing~

Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.
~Chinese Proverb~