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Lao-TzuI have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

—  Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher

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Ralph Waldo EmersonAdopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Alfred CapusYou have to know how to endure injustices until you are in position to commit them yourself.

—  Alfred Capus, 1858-1922, French writer

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Oscar WildeIf you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Laurence J PeterFortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

—  Laurence J Peter, 1919-1990, Canadian writer & educator

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Arthur SchopenhauerThe truth can wait, for she lives a long life.

—  Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860, German philosopher

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Abraham LincolnThings may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

—  Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, American President

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NapoleonImpatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.

—  Napoleon, 1769-1821, French Emperor

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Benjamin FranklinHe who can have patience can have what he will.

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

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Ambrose BiercePatience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

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Benjamin DisraeliPatience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

—  Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881, British Prime Minister

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Charles Caleb ColtonPatience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength

—  Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer

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Antonio PorchiaI can wait for you longer. Because you have arrived.

—  Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet

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VauvenarguesPatience is the art of hoping.

—  Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims

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Margaret ThatcherI am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

—  Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013, British Prime Minister

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William MaxwellHis sadness was of the kind that is patient and without hope.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

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Alexandre DumasAll human wisdom is contained in these words: Wait and hope!

—  Alexandre Dumas, 1802-1870, French writer

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Antoin de Saint-ExupéryYou cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.

—  Antoin de Saint-Exupéry, 1900-1940, French writer

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Francis BaconWho ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

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Thomas CarlyleEndurance is patience concentrated.

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

Rainer Maria RilkeMake your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Graham GreeneHave you seen a room from which faith has gone?... Like a marriage from which love has gone… And patience, patience everywhere like a fog.

—  Graham Greene, 1904-1991, British writer

William FaulknerA mule will labor ten years willingly and patiently for you, for the privilege of kicking you once.

—  William Faulkner, 1897-1962, American writer, Nobel 1949

D. H. Lawrence She was always waiting, it seemed to be her forte.

—  D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer

Hermann HesseThat is the way leaves fall around a tree in autumn, a tree unaware of the rain running down its sides, of the sun or the frost, and of life gradually retreating inward. The tree does not die. It waits.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Hermann HesseEveryone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goals, if he is able to think, if he is able to wait, if he is able to fast.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Joseph De MaistreTo know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

Henry MillerLife, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

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

—  Napoleon Hill, 1883-1970, American self-help writer

Søren KierkegaardJob endured everything — until his friends came to comfort him, then he grew impatient.

—  Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher

George HerbertPatience, time and money accommodate all things.

—  George Herbert, 1593-1633, Welsh poet

TertullianHope is patience with the lamp lit.

—  Tertullian, 155-240 AD, Berber-Roman Christian author

Susan SontagEtymologically, 'patient' means sufferer.

—  Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist

Marie von Ebner-EschenbachWe usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.

—  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims

Latin Quotes

Saint AugustinePatience is the companion of wisdom.

Patientia comes est sapientiae.

—  Saint Augustine, 354-430, Christian theologian & philosopher

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CiceroTo what length will you abuse our patience, Catiline?

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

     (in the first of his four Catiline Orations)

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Titus LiviusBetter late than never.

Potius sero quam numquam.

—  Titus Livius, 59 BC-17 AD, Roman historian

Quotes in Verse

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

—  Helen Keller, 1880-1968, American writer

Funny Quotes

Franklin P. JonesYou can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

—  Franklin P. Jones, 1908-1980, American columnist

Ancient Greek

EpictetusHave patience and abstinence.

Ανέχου και απέχου.

—  Epictetus, 50-120 AD, Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher

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Proverbs

International proverbRome wasn't built in a day.

—  International proverb

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English proverbGood things come to those who wait.

—  English proverb

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Italian proverbHe who is not impatient is not in love.

—  Italian proverb

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