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• There is no love of God without patience, and no patience without lowliness and sweetness of spirit.

  John Wesley

  Spirit, God Love, Lowliness

  John Wesley (1831). “The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A. M.”, p.526

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• Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger.

  Herbert Hoover

  Calm, Patient, Fishes

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• I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world.

  Helen Keller

  Happy, God, Dark

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• Perhaps, in retrospect, there would be little motivation even for malevolent extraterrestrials to attack the Earth; perhaps, after a preliminary survey, they might decide it is more expedient just to be patient for a little while and wait for us to self-destruct.

  Carl Sagan

  Motivation, Self, Waiting

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Billions & Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium”, p.169, Ballantine Books

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• It's up to brave hearts, sir, to be patient when things are going badly, as well as being happy when they're going well ... For I've heard that what they call fortune is a flighty woman who drinks too much, and, what's more, she's blind, so she can't see what she's doing, and she doesn't know who she's knocking over or who she's raising up.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Heart, Brave, Too Much

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• Thy peace shall be in much patience.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Patient

  Thomas a Kempis, James Jones (1842). “The Following of Christ...”, p.246

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• When you need an idea about how to do anything, get quiet and relaxed and think about what it is you need to know. Then the flow of ideas will come. Be patient and let it happen. Sometimes it takes a little while, but it always works.

  Chris Prentiss

  Thinking, Ideas, Littles

  Chris Prentiss (2008). “Be Who You Want, Have What You Want: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life”, p.19, BookBaby

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• Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Advice, Patient, Birth

  Song: Everybody's Free

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• Often, in the Ruy Lopez, one must be patient, wait and carry on a lengthy and wearisome struggle.

  Boris Spassky

  Struggle, Waiting, Chess

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• Wait for the idea. It may not come at first, but you must be patient, never doubting, waiting in faith. It will come.

  Ernest Holmes

  Inspiration, Ideas, Waiting

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• As you learn to consciously observe the transformation process, you will watch yourself repeating a lot of old patterns long after you seemingly know better. Spiritually and intellectually, you realize there is another way, but emotionally you are still clinging to the old habits. This is a difficult time. Try to be patient and compassionate with yourself. When you recognize the futility of an old pattern so clearly, it's about to change! A short time later, you will suddenly begin to respond differently, in a more positive way.

  Shakti Gawain

  Old Habits, Long, Trying

  Shakti Gawain (2015). “The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition”, p.162, Mango Media Inc.

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• You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God to correct your faults is not easy. Be patient with people, wait for God to work with them as He wills.

  Francois Fenelon

  Helping Others, People, Waiting

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• But you must be patient and careful; nor should you expect to become an accomplished archer without long and severe training.

  Maurice Thompson

  Archer, Long, Training

  Maurice Thompson “The Witchery of Archery”, Lulu.com

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• To be patient in an emergency is a terrible trial.

  Wendell Berry

  Trials, Emergencies, Patient

  "Confronting the Consequences of Runaway Capitalism". Interview with Bill Moyers, www.alternet.org. October 7, 2013.

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• There is real danger of a disconnect between what's on your business card and who you are deep inside, and it's not a disconnect that the world is ready to be patient with.

  Alain de Botton

  Real, Cards, World

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• I am patient and loving with my fearful thoughts. Be patient and loving with every fearful thought. Practice observing your fears as a witness, and you'll see them dissolve.

  Wayne Dyer

  Practice, Patient, Witness

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Jan 09, 2011

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• Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming

  Rumi

  Dark, Dawn, Patient

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• If you are at first lonely, be patient. If you've not been alone much, or if when you were, you weren't okay with it, then just wait. You'll find it's fine to be alone once you're embracing it.

  Tanya Davis

  Lonely, Waiting, Firsts

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• I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by before I see it in print. It's hard to be patient and wait

  Margaret Haddix

  Book, Writing, Years

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• Be patient. Relax and trust. Let go. Then, let go some more.

  Melody Beattie

  Motivational, Moving On, Trust

  Melody Beattie (1990). “The Language of Letting Go”, p.254, Hazelden Publishing

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• Those times when you feel like quitting can be times of great opportunity, for God uses your troubles to help you grow.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Opportunity, Use, Helping

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2011). “Prayer, Praise & Promises: A Daily Walk Through the Psalms”, p.33, Baker Books

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• Life's trials are not easy. But in God's will, each has a purpose. Often He uses them to enlarge you.

  Warren W. Wiersbe

  Purpose, Use, Trials

  Warren W. Wiersbe (2011). “Prayer, Praise & Promises: A Daily Walk Through the Psalms”, p.44, Baker Books

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• There is always a prepared place for a prepared person.

  Jack Hyles

  Patient, Prepared, Persons

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• I have not so great a struggle with my vices, great and numerous as they are, as I have with my impatience. My efforts are not absolutely useless; yet I have never been able to conquer this ferocious wild beast.

  John Calvin

  Struggle, Effort, Vices

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• Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?

  Thomas a Kempis

  Art, Imperfection, Mold

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