Patiently Quotes

To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.

I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.

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.

All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.

Bear patiently with a rival.

The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.

The potential elite runner must realize that hard means hard, easy means easy and they must patiently seek out what combinations work for them. They have to learn to be persistent and patient with their training and racing.

Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

He lives out in Orchard Park. I mean, to be able to sit on the bench so patiently, for whatever part, and to be able to get up and do something, with such heroic competencies would be great.

Although it hath pleased God to hasten my death by you, by whom my life should rather have been lengthened, yet can I patiently take it, that I yield God more hearty thanks for shortening my woeful days.

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.

If honest of heart and uprightness before God were lacking or if I did not patiently wait on God for instruction, or if I preferred the counsel of my fellow-men to the declarations of the Word of God, I made great mistakes.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.