“Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.”
— Thomas Perry
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One problem with age is that patience
“One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.”
— Carl Hiaasen
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I do not have much patience with
“I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.”
— Charlie Chaplin
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I am patient with stupidity but not
“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
— Edith Sitwell
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If I could have one prayer answered,
“If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.”
— Debra Winger
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Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
“Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.”
— Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue,
“Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.”
— David Mallet
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Is the patience of the American people
“Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?”
— Andrew Greeley
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Your patience would fail you if I
“Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear.”
— Peter Stuyvesant
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When you read about a car crash
“When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?”
— Jim Bishop
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A garden is a grand teacher. It
“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.”
— Gertrude Jekyll
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