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“Paper has more patience than people.” Anne Frank, “The Diary of a Young Girl” - 1947

“A very little thief of occasion will rob you of a great deal of patience.” William Shakespeare, “Coriolanus” - 1623

“You're enough to try the patience of an oyster!” Lewis Carroll, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” - 1865

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion.” Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching” - 4th century BC

“Being smart is good, being patient is better.” Hermann Hesse, “Siddhartha” - 1922

“Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience—or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.” Jane Austen, “Sense and Sensibility” - 1811

“The adventures first . . . explanations take such a dreadful time.” Lewis Carroll, “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland” - 1865

“Everybody going to be dead one day, just give them time.” Neil Gaiman, “Anansi Boys” - 2005

“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?” William Shakespeare, “Othello” - 1623

“No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.” William Shakespeare, “King Lear” - 1623

“Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.” William Shakespeare, “Henry V” - 1600

“He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the grinding.” William Shakespeare, “Troilus and Cressida” - 1609

“To climb steep hills requires slow pace at first.” William Shakespeare, “Henry VIII” - 1623

“A house cannot be made habitable in a day, and after all, how few days go to make up a century.” Bram Stoker, “Dracula” - 1897

“However, he means to succeed, and a man who has centuries before him can afford to wait and to go slow.” Bram Stoker, “Dracula” - 1897

“Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity, was now no longer a minor feature in Mrs Angel Clare; and it sustained her.” Thomas Hardy, “Tess of the d'Urbervilles” - 1891

“Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching” - 4th century BC

“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?” Lao Tzu, “Tao Te Ching” - 4th century BC

“Possess your soul in patience — you will see!” Tennessee Williams, “The Glass Menagerie” - 1944

“No nation every loses its dignity or its good standing by conciliating its differences, and by exercising great patience with, and consideration for, the rights of other nations.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Quarantine Speech” - 5 October 1937

“Immortality must grant endless patience.” Stephenie Meyer, “Twilight” - 2005

“But in every sickness there are many days when the doctor can do nothing but wait.” Rainer Maria Rilke, “Letters to a Young Poet” - 1929

“Our stay-put behavior reflects our view that the stock market serves as a relocation center at which money is moved from the active to the patient.” Warren Buffett, “The Essays of Warren Buffett” - 1997

“You have passed through the two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.” Paulo Coelho, “Veronika Decides to Die” - 1998

“Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It...” Nicholas Sparks, “A Walk to Remember” - 1999

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