Patience is not only a virtue, but an acquired trait.

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Christian Calhoun, The Story of My Life

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He that will have a cake of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding. - View Quote Details on He that will have a cake of the wheat must…
Blessings may appear under the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments; but let him have patience, and he will see them in their proper figures. - View Quote Details on Blessings may appear under the shape of pains, losses, and…
No school is more necessary to children than patience, because either the will must be broken in childhood or the heart in old age. - View Quote Details on No school is more necessary to children than patience, because…
Nine women can’t have a baby in one month. - View Quote Details on Nine women can’t have a baby in one month.
Patience, my lord. Why, ’tis the soul of peace.
Of all the virtues ’tis near’st kin to heaven.
It makes men look like gods; the best of men
That e’er wore earth about him was a sufferer,
A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit,
The first true gentleman that ever breath’d. - View Quote Details on Patience, my lord. Why, ’tis the soul of peace.
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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - View Quote Details on Let him that hath no power of patience retire within…
There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. - View Quote Details on There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to…
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. - View Quote Details on Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. - View Quote Details on Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a…
Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains. - View Quote Details on Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.