113 Quotes On Patience To Be Tough in Any Situation

Achieving success in any field is a difficult task. It requires patience and persistence.

Things may not happen overnight, but you will get there eventually.
Learning an instrument, for example, takes time and dedication. As with anything in life, the more effort you put in, the better your results.

To improve your patience levels, here are some of the best quotes on patience and sayings that will help you gain confidence in your life.

Top 113 Quotes On Patience

“Patience is a key element of success.” ― Bill Gates

“There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.” ― Cesar Chavez

“There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.” ― Chuck Tanner

“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” ― S.T. AugustineOne minute of patience, ten years of peace.” ― Greek proverb

“Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.” ― Bruce Lee

“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.” ― Abraham Lincoln

“Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.” ― Ovid

“Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is “timing.” It waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.” ― Fulton J. Sheen

“There is no error greater than hatred. And nothing mightier than patience. So I strive in every way to learn patience..” ― Buddha.

“All good things come to those who waits.” ― Proverb

“God has perfect timing; never early, never late. It takes a little patience and it takes a lot of faith but it’s worth the wait.” ― Anonymous

“Patience is the key to paradise.” ― Turkish Proverb

“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.” ― Saadi

“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” ― Anonymous

“Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.” ― James J. Corbett

“My dad said to me – Work hard and be patient. It was the best advice he ever gave me. You have to put the hours in.” ― Simon Cowell

“Trust the process. Your time is coming. Just do the work and the results will handle themselves.” ― Tony Gaskins

“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures..” ― Lao Tzu

“Two things define us: Our patience when we have nothing and our attitude when we have everything.”

“Patience is the key, because when the right time comes, it will be very beautiful and totally worth the wait.”

“The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.” ― Erik Erikson

“All great achievements require time.” ― Maya Angelou

“One minute of patience, ten years of peace.” ― Greek proverb

“Be patient. Everything is coming together.” ― Anonymous

“Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you’re going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.” ― Randy Johnson

“Tolerance and patience should not be read as signs of weakness, they are signs of strength.” ― Anonymous

“One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.” ― Chinese proverb

“To lose patience is to lose the battle.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“He that can have patience can have what he will.” ― Benjamin Franklin

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.” ― Edmund Burke

“The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” ― Aristotle

“Be patient, good things take time.” ― Anonymous

“Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it’s cowardice.” ― George Jackson

“Just keep going when it’s tough. Just keep going when it’s long.” ― Maxime Lagacé

“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ― A.A. Milne

“Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.” ― Joyce Meyer

“There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.” ― Sivananda Saraswati

“Patience is the key to contentment.” ― The Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)

“Patience can’t be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.” ― Eknath Easwaran

“I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.” ― Louise Hay

“The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.” ― Kevin Hart

“Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” ― Joyce Meyer

“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” ― Unknown

“Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.” ― John Ruskin

“Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.” ― Swahili Proverb

“Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” ― Napoleon Hill

“Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.” ― Plautus

“One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.” ― Chinese Proverb

“Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.” ― Michel de Montaigne

“Be patient. Patience is the mother of all virtues.” ― Hrithik Roshan

“Don’t confound patience and delusion. Learn when to stop doing something if this is more profitable for you.”

“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” ― John Quincy Adams

“The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It’s about what you’re made of, not the circumstances.”

“When you encounter various trials, big or small, be full of joy. They’re opportunities to learn patience.” ― Scott Curran

“You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.” ― Craig Bruce

“All good things come to he who waits.” ― Proverb

“The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.” ― Brett Eldredge

“Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke

“Slow and steady wins the race.” ― Aesop

“Patience is not passive, on the contrary, it is concentrated strength.” ― Bruce Lee

“You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.” ― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in your mind.” ― David G. Allen

“Stay patient and trust the journey.” ― Anonymous

“A man who masters patience masters everything else.” ― Anonymous

“Patience is when you dream about roses but walk on thorns.”

“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.” ― Joseph Addison

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” ― Molière

“With love and patience, nothing is impossible.” ― Daisaku Ikeda

“Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle.” ― Lao Tzu

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Patience is the road to wisdom.” ― Kao Kalia Yang

“Two things define you: your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.”

“All great achievements require time..” ― Maya Angelou

“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” ― Leo Tolstoy

“Patience is the key to contentment.” ― The Prophet Muhammad

“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” ― Arnold H. Glasow

“Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they.” ― Leonardo da Vinci

“Slow and steady wins the race.” – Aesop

“When it comes to work, I have a lot of patience, but otherwise, I am quite impatient.” ― Kratika Sengar

“Patience is a conquering virtue.” ― Geoffrey Chaucer

“Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet.” ― Chinese Proverb

“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” ― Julius Caesar

“Patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace; Both put together make a very pretty face.” ― unknown

“Sometimes things aren’t clear right away. That’s where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.” ― Mary Pierce

“A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.” ― George Savile

“Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.” ― Soren Kierkegaard

“The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.” ― Ralph Marston

“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

“Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.” ― Phillips Brooks

“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” ― St. Augustine

“Struggles often serve to release the wisdom, patience, and strength we all possess but too seldom demonstrate.” ― Jim Stovall

“Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.” ― Francis Bacon

“Patience is not just about waiting for something. It’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.” ― Joyce Meyer

“Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve.” ― Anonymous

“Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.” ― George Bernard Shaw

“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die. Than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.” ― Julius Caesar

“Patience is when you’re supposed to get mad, but you choose to understand.” ― Anonymous

“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.” ― Robert H. Schuller

“Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience.” ― George-Louis de Buffon

“Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.” ― William Penn

“Patience and fortitude conquer all things.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Patience: The time between finishing your cup of coffee and waiting for the caffeine to kick in.”

“Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” ― Moliere

“Have patience with all things. But first of all with yourself.” ― Saint Francis de Sales

“Patience is also a form of action.” ― Anonymous

“The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime.” ― Croft M. Pentz

“God has perfect timing; never early, never late. It takes a little patience and it takes a lot of faith but it’s worth the wait.” ― Unknown

“I’ve learned that anything in life worth having comes from patience and hard work.” ― Greg Behrendt

“There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.” ― Jean de la Bruyere

“I’ve been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.” ― N. Murray Edwards

“There is no such a rule that patients lead to salvation! Patience can lead to salvation or it can lead to disaster. Every inaction or every action is open to all the possibilities.”

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