50+ Quotes on Patience
I’m back with more thought-provoking quotes today — this time on the topic of patience. The Bible has much to say on this topic, so a large number of the following pithy sayings come straight from the pages of scripture. Enjoy!
50+ Patience Quotes to Ponder
“Time is still the best critic, and patience the best teacher.”
— Frederic Chopin
“ A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.”
Proverbs 14:29
“The people who test your patience are a blessing. Without them, you can’t practice patience.”
— Author Unknown
“Patience is not simply
the ability to wait—
it’s how we behave
while we’re waiting.”
— Joyce Meyer
“Wait patiently for the LORD. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the LORD.”
Psalm 27:14
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Patience is
more important to success
than brilliance.”
— Shane Parrish
“A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.”
Proverbs 15:18
“Genius is eternal patience.”
— Michelangelo
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
— Albert Einstein
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
Colossians 3:12
“Hard work combined with patience is a superpower.”
— Maxime Lagacé
“Adopt the pace of nature:
her secret is patience.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy…”
Colossians 1:11
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
— Augustine of Hippo
“All human wisdom is
summed up in two words—
wait and hope.”
— Alexandre Dumas
“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.”
Ephesians 4:2
“You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.”
— Craig Bruce
“He that can
have patience can
have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin
“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”
Proverbs 19:11
“Patience and the passage of time do more than strength and fury.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“My son, observe the postage stamp! Its usefulness depends upon its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.”
— Josh Billings
“The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.”
Ecclesiastes 7:8
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
— Saint Augustine
“With love and patience,
nothing is impossible.”
— Daisaku Ikeda
Hebrews 12:1
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”
“Once you learn patience, your options suddenly expand.”
— Robert Greene
“A man who is
a master of patience
is master of
everything else.”
— George Savile
“But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.”
James 1:4
“Patience wins in an impatient world.”
— Mark Manson
“Discipline, consistency and patience.
If you lack these,
you won’t grow.”
— James Clear
“Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city.”
Proverbs 16:32
“Patience is not passive, on the contrary, it is concentrated strength.”
— Bruce Lee
“Patience can’t be acquired overnight. It’s just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it, to push its limits.”
— Eknath Easwara
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
Galatians 5:22
“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.”
— Ovid
“Don’t cross
the bridge
until you come to it.”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel.”
Proverbs 15:18
“One minute of patience, ten years of peace.”
— Greek proverb
“Trees that are
slow to grow
bear the best fruit.”
— Molière
“Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant.”
1 Corinthians 13:4
“Slow and steady wins the race.”
— Aesop
“One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.”
— Chinese proverb
“Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains.You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near.”
James 5:7-8
“Calm creates patience. Patience creates wisdom.”
— Maxime Lagacé
“The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.”
— Paul Coelho
“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him….”
Psalm 37:7
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
— Hal Borland
“In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.”
— W.B. Prescott
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”
Romans 12:12
“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday.”
— A.A. Milne
“Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be completely present to the moment, to taste the here and now.”
— Henri J. M. Nouwe
“ We urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone.“
— 1 Thessalonians 5:14
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
— Leo Tolstoy
“Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.”
— Francis Bacon
“The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”
2 Peter 3:9
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