Patience Quotes
Patience is one of those virtues everyone admires and few find easy to practice. It asks us to trust the process when results are slow and to stay steady when everything inside us wants to rush. These quotes frame patience not as passive waiting, but as a quiet, deliberate form of strength.
These reflections work nicely in journal entries, motivational posts, mentoring conversations, or presentations about personal development. Browse through and find the right words for the moment you're in.
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“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”
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“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”
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“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
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“Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.”
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“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”
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“Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.”
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“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
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“A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.”
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“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”
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“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
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“I have seen many storms in my life. Most storms have caught me by surprise, so I had to learn very quickly to look further and understand that I am not capable of controlling the weather, to exercise the art of patience and to respect the fury of nature.”
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“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.”
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“Beware the fury of a patient man.”
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“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.”
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“If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.”
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“With love and patience, nothing is impossible.”
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“Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.”
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“We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.”
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“Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.”
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“Genius is eternal patience.”
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“Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.”
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“I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.”
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“Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.”
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“Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.”
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“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.”
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“Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.”
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“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.”
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“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”
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“Sometimes things aren't clear right away. That's where you need to be patient and persevere and see where things lead.”
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“For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.”
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“He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.”
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“Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.”
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“There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.”
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“Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.”
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“I'm patient.”
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“Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.”
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“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.”
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“Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it's cowardice.”
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“To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.”
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“Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.”
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“Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.”
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“Humility is attentive patience.”
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“No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.”
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“Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.”
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“Patience is passion tamed.”
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“Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.”
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“The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.”
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“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.”
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“Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.”
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“I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.”
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“Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.”
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“Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.”
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“Abused patience turns to fury.”
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“Endurance is patience concentrated.”
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“Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.”
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“You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.”
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“Teach us, O Lord, the disciplines of patience, for to wait is often harder than to work.”
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“Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.”
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“Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.”
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“Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.”
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“Not only will this make you treat each moment more preciously, but you will be more patient with yourself and with others, recognizing that there are millions of moments on the path to any worthwhile achievement.”
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“Patience is the art of hoping.”
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“Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.”
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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.”
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“How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.”
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“Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.”
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“Never a tear bedims the eye that time and patience will not dry.”
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“An impatient person plays differently than a more patient person.”
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“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.”
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“All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.”
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“Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.”
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“Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.”
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“Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but that's my problem.”
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“Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.”
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“Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.”
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“Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country?”
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“Lack of pep is often mistaken for patience.”
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“If you believe indeed in the Lord Jesus for the salvation of your soul, if you walk uprightly and do not regard iniquity in your heart, if you continue to wait patiently, and believingly upon God; then answers will surely be given to your prayers.”
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“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?”
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“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.”
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“As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end.”
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“All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.”
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“No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.”
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“I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.”
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“A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.”
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“God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction.”
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“When I was 20, I thought I was 30 - but I was so far from it. When you're young, you want everything to happen now. As you mature, you can look back and see all the great things you achieved with time and patience.”
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“I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you're able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.”
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“I have no patience for anyone who thinks they've figured things out, no patience for people who think they're right at the expense of everyone else. The world is too connected and too complicated to conform to any of our rigid ideas of what it should be like.”
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“Bear patiently with a rival.”
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“I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient.”
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“Deep down, I know that I am a child of God who has inherited divine capacities; some of them I strive to develop, others are left languishing. I also have a human side. I lose my temper, lose patience and sometimes judge others and myself.”
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“Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.”
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“God gives me the children's ministry heart and patience. This is what He wants. It's awesome. I don't know where He's gonna take it - but God is building this thing.”
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“My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.”
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“I haven't been given many things, but I've been given ample, limitless patience.”
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“A final word: I am not knowledgeable about the internet. I do not have a computer. I guess that at 74 years of age, I don't have the patience to learn.”
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“The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.”
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“I'm patient with crossword puzzles and the most impatient golfer.”
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“There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.”
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“We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.”
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“Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me.”
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“Everyone is given one gift, a reason for being, and it's our obligation to do something with it. Obviously, it's a challenge - but if you're not taking the bull by the horns, I have no patience for you. You're just taking up space.”
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“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
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“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”
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“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
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“I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace.”
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“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
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“I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.”
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“Life is full of challenges, but I always have the Three Ps: Passion, patience and persistence. And the fourth one is pizza.”
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“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.”
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“When you have a dream that you can't let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you're willing to do that.”
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“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.”
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“With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible.”
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“It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”
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“Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.”
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“The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.”
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“Hope is patience with the lamp lit.”
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“Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.”
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“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.”
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“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
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“The very important thing you should have is patience.”
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“Patience is a sign of maturity.”
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“Allah is with people who show patience. If you are down in the dumps, Allah will help you if you have belief. But this is a personal thing between you and him. You can't fool Allah.”
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“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
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“The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.”
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“Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.”
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“Kindness is really important to me in finding my own prince - so are patience and a sense of humor. Without those qualities he's no Prince Charming!”
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“The principle part of faith is patience.”
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“Patience is a virtue; virtue is a grace.”
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“Like anything worth doing in life, happiness takes time and patience and consistency.”
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“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
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“Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.”
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“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.”
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“Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.”
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“If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.”
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“Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things - of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires.”
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“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.”
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“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.”
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“To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.”
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“Be patient. Patience is the mother of all virtues.”
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“Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.”
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“Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.”
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“The greatest power is often simple patience.”
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“Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.”
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“Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.”
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“Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.”
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“Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals.”
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“Opera is complex for those who perform it, but also for those who listen to it. It takes more time, more patience and more spirit of sacrifice. All this is well worth it because opera offers such deep sensations that they will remain in a heart for a lifetime.”
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“Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.”
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“The perfect ham and cheese sandwich is all about focusing on quality ingredients and about simple techniques. You start with great bread, a well-cured ham and a sharp local cheese, and the rest is easy. A little butter in a pan and a little patience - in the end you'll have a sandwich that is at once comforting and delicious.”
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“When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.”
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“I think all musicians have at one time or another experienced one physical problem or another. I have had tendinitis a couple of times, so I try to be really careful. It takes patience and persistence to overcome injury.”
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“I have always been a very patient person, I am a perfectionist but have a high level of patience and think that's one of the things when I started my comeback that really helped… I wasn't rushing anything as long as I knew I was on the right track.”
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“I've learned that anything in life worth having comes from patience and hard work.”
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“You have to have patience, work hard and preserve in order to follow your dreams.”
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“To make a full-blooded puff pastry, you need time, you need patience, and you need precision. It's all about the lamination: it's all about building up the layers of butter, dough, butter, dough; as the butter melts, it creates steam, and that brings up the layers of the two doughs apart from each other, and that's what gives it the rise.”
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“Qualities you need to get through medical school and residency: Discipline. Patience. Perseverance. A willingness to forgo sleep. A penchant for sadomasochism. Ability to weather crises of faith and self-confidence. Accept exhaustion as fact of life. Addiction to caffeine a definite plus. Unfailing optimism that the end is in sight.”
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“Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.”
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“What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long time.”
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“Face-to-face conversation unfolds slowly. It teaches patience.”
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“When I am challenged, I am encouraged. Don't misjudge my demeanor of composure and patience.”
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“If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set.”
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“I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience.”
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“Patience pays off.”
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“Patience is the secret to good food.”
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“I don't have the patience to be a non-creator.”
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“With patience and persistence, even the smallest act of discipleship or the tiniest ember of belief can become a blazing bonfire of a consecrated life. In fact, that's how most bonfires begin - as a simple spark.”
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“My biggest weakness is patience, wanting to see things happen too quickly or get changes in place right away. Not having the patience to let things develop.”
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“Patience is a virtue in life, of course, but it's not something we F1 people have too much of.”
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“My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.”
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“When things begin accelerating wildly out of control, sometimes patience is the only answer. Press pause.”
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“You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.”
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“Patience can't be acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it.”
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“And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.”
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“I have no regrets about not having children. I still wait for the pang of guilt, but I have none. I tune into the television show 'Nanny 911' occasionally which reminds me how much patience and love it take to be a good parent.”
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“I worry that business leaders are more interested in material gain than they are in having the patience to build up a strong organization, and a strong organization starts with caring for their people.”
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“The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered. We know that. And yes, there are certainly times when we aren't able to muster as much strength and patience as we would like. It's called being human.”
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“Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.”
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“The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.”
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“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.”
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“I try not to set myself up as different or as a celebrity or special. I have a husband that can get on my nerves. I have kids that test my patience. I've got a cat I can't keep off the sofa. It's real. On a bad day, I'm reading 'Acts of Faith.'”
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“People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If there's patience and love, and you care for people, you can work them through it, and they can find their greatest heights.”
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“Patience is something that, as a young man, I didn't have - when waiting for parts to arrive or waiting for people to behave as I wanted them to.”
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“I pray they will carry on in spite of that dreadful monster prejudice, and with patience, courage, fortitude and perseverance achieve success for themselves.”
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“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.”
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“Learning patience was not an easy lesson.”
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“I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.”
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“The term 'alpha female' originated in my field of animal behavior, but has acquired new meaning. It refers to women who are in charge, for example, by flirting and dating on their own terms. It is also used maliciously for a loud-mouthed, controlling woman who has no patience with deviating opinions.”
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“The only thing you have to have is patience and an attitude that you aren't ever going to give up.”
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“The cowards and the impatient can enjoy one night stands as it takes a great deal of patience, unconditional love, trust, fearlessness and a deep sense of individuality to maintain relationships.”
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“I have all the patience in the world about Sirens. For me it's not a Grateful Dead project, it's a Me project.”
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“Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin.”
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“This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff. I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.”
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“What separates old from the young is experience and patience.”
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“Golf has taught me a lot about patience and keeping my temper.”
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“It is one thing to train officers on fighting crime. It is a whole other thing to train them to build friendships and relationships, which are integral to fighting crime. This takes time, effort, and patience on the part of police officers.”
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“Find patience in the breath of life.”
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“How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?”
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“Being a caregiver requires infinite patience, physical and emotional strength, health care navigation skills, and a sense of humor - which can be hard to come by after sleepless nights and demanding days.”
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“I am a terrible chef; I'm not a good cook. I don't have the talent, the patience, the desire even to cook the way these great artists that I meet around the world cook, and I'm very, very happy to support them. I invest in restaurants because I love them so much.”
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“When people see a legend, they call it a legend. But to be a legend, it's a lot of hard work and patience. You can't play for five or ten years and be a legend. It takes longer than that.”
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“I had to learn about patience, to let the music get its own spirit and voice.”
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“Patience with family members and others who are close to us is vital for us to have happy homes.”
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“A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.”
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“When I try to be patient on my own, my patience is forced and short-lived. It is obvious to everyone that I am desperately trying to be patient.”
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“Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite.”
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“If you're going to just play with patience, you're going to be at the mercy of the cards.”
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“The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.”
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“Genius is patience.”
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“I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.”
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“I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.”
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“I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.”
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“I can't count how many times I've heard a wrestling fan say they don't have enough time to watch 'Raw.' Maybe it's less about not having the time to watch a three-hour show, but it's more about the time and the patience. You can usually sum up your three-hour 'Monday Night Raw' in a five-minute conversation.”
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“I'm a peace-maker, I can fit into a lot of situations. I'm pretty easygoing. I have a lot of patience.”
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“The creative people I admire seem to share many characteristics: A fierce restlessness. Healthy cynicism. A real world perspective. An ability to simplify. Restraint. Patience. A genuine balance of confidence and insecurity. And most importantly, humanity.”
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“A perfect chutney needs patience. If you are cooking it, cook it on a low flame; the flavors come out the best that way.”
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“For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.”
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“Patience means restraining one's inclinations.”
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“The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards.”
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“There's not a lot of room anymore for what I call 'made-up' drama. The drama comes from real places now - marriage takes work and focus, the kid stuff takes patience and commitment. And if you don't grow as people and as a couple, within all of that, then you've got some real drama.”
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“A philosopher goes where the truth leads and has no patience with mere emotion.”
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“In a world where people are hungry for quick fixes and sound bites, for instant gratification, there's no patience for the long, slow rebuilding process: implementing after-school programs, hiring more community workers to act as mentors, adding more job training programs in marginalized areas.”
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“Tournament play demands patience to survive and win. Winning at cash games demands a whole other level of thought and deception. You need to reach into your bag of tricks and run the occasional big bluff to be a consistent cash game winner.”
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“I've learnt that you need to have a thick skin, lots of patience and be consistently good.”
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“For me, I enjoy developing young players and I enjoy the challenge of polishing a rough talent so that it can become a gem. You have to have patience, but also create a very demanding environment.”
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“Earlier, looking lighter or slimmer never mattered to me. Frankly, I didn't care. I had more important things to do. But when I figured that it's not that hard, and I have the time, passion and patience to take it up, I jumped onto the health-wagon. I started working out.”
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“TV requires a lot more patience. No one's ever like, 'I gotta get up at 5 A.M. and write my stand-up!' It's an easy life. With 'Silicon Valley,' it's long hours and very unglamorous.”
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“Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.”
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“When I have a job to do, time means nothing. I lose patience with people who work on a clock.”
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“I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.”
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“A noun is not a name you give something. It is something you watch becoming itself, and you have to have the patience to find out what it is.”
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“Kyrie Irving, before he even played one game of college basketball, had 7,000 fans on Twitter. Seven thousand. So these kids these days are put on this pedestal up here. I really think it discourages the value of hard work and of patience.”
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“Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.”
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“I pack a toothbrush, toothpaste, and deodorant. That's it. I don't have the time or patience for anything else. I'm a natural kind of guy. I don't style my hair - never learned how.”
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“The biggest thing I possess is infinite patience. Once you are patient, things fall in place.”
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“When I worked with wildlife a lot in the Eighties and Nineties, I learnt the meaning of patience. And when I worked with trees, I learned the meaning of humility.”
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“We are telling the American people to have patience, courage, resolve and determination.”
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“I need a close contact to the client, whoever it is, and a commitment of the client to go out and do a process together. I want to do the best for him. I need his respect and his patience. I want to work with a sophisticated person who's interested in a good building and not in my name.”
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“Who shall resist Anti-Christ when he comes if we show such patience towards the vices and crimes of his precursors? By such leniency, we encourage kings to become tyrants and tempt them to withdraw every privilege and all jurisdiction from the Churches.”
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“Patience is the best medicine.”
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“You see, the patience of an audience is very short, particularly with a non-entity. You're an intruder, and you must make them laugh within three or four seconds. My poems fit the requirements, and I'm always thinking up new ones.”
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“If I am right about the big picture, I will be rewarded for my patience.”
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“Basically, discipline, effort, patience and courage are hugely important core values for kids to grow up embracing.”
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“Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.”
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“The Lord, Jesus Christ, is our perfect example of patience.”
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“If you don't have patience in this profession, you almost always end up getting bent out of shape expecting quick results.”
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“Yes, you tend to lose patience but selection is not in your hands. All you can do is perform, perform and perform and that's what I enjoy doing.”
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“When I said a few weeks ago that our people would eat cooking oil and olives if necessary, I didn't mean that there really would be only oil and olives. What I meant was that our people have the necessary patience to endure the current difficult situation. Palestinians would rather do without certain food items than their national rights.”
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“If you list the qualities that we consider feminine, they are patience, understanding, empathy, supportiveness, a desire to nurture. Our culture tells us those are feminine traits, but they're really just human.”
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“I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.”
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“I think both running and science reflect certain character traits. I have endurance, patience, and ambition. I'm willing to work hard toward a goal, to push myself and overcome limits. Running and science both let me express these traits.”
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“Patience is key, as long as you have a purpose.”
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“I ran out of steam and patience and so I quit. I really didn't want to make another record. I'd had it with the music business. I went home to England, bought a house and did nothing.”
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“The patience that goes with the game, the little things that go along with the game, you have so much more time to think in golf than you do in football - you have to keep your thoughts positive. I'm not sure I've got that mastered.”
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“Sandy Meisner would say it takes 20 years to make an actor. Some people it takes five, some people 30. And you have to have patience and forgiveness for yourself. It's hard when you see people at your age or younger becoming successful.”
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“Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.”
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“Patience has never been my strong suit.”
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“The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.”
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“Brad will tell you. He puts a movie on, I'm asleep in 10 minutes. I have no patience. But the kids love action movies with comedy, Jackie Chan and all that.”
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“I've said my patience is not infinite.”
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“I think you can judge from somebody's actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there's a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.”
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“Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.”
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“There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened.”
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“I like playing. I wouldn't be a good coach. I don't have the patience to be a coach.”
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“I've always admired teachers for their patience and purpose in choosing their profession.”
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“I'm very caring with animals. I think patience is a big deal, because animals are always jumping around. I love to take care of people, so I think I'd be a good vet. I always wanted to be a vet when I was little.”
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“A certain amount of impatience may be useful to stimulate and motivate us to action. However, I believe that a lack of patience is a major cause of the difficulties and unhappiness in the world today.”
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“Gardening is a working meditation for me. It helps me remember process, and it helps me remember patience.”
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“Sometimes they are a matter of luck; the photographer could not expect or hope for them. Sometimes they are a matter of patience, waiting for an effect to be repeated that he has seen and lost or for one that he anticipates.”
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“Sport has taught me never to be jealous of someone or insecure if somebody is doing well. It's taught me teamwork and the value of patience. Even If I lose, I know that I've actually not lost.”
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“My wife is my favorite person I've ever met in my 40 years on the planet, and I'm sure she would agree that patience is not her strongest characteristic. I don't know that golf would be the game for her.”
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“I have no patience for homophobia.”
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“Mum and Dad had waited 16 years for adoption laws to change in their home state, Tasmania, so that they could apply to the authorities to create the family of their dreams. I am so thankful for their endurance and patience. Who knows what would have happened to me if they hadn't miraculously appeared when I needed them most?”
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“Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity, then it's the patience of a marathon runner.”
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“The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.”
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“He preacheth patience that never knew pain.”
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“I've never had the patience of a teacher.”
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“I'm constantly looking for ways to learn and elevate your craft, patience for yourself, and patience for this business. It's not a fair business. You may be great, but it may take years for someone to notice what you're capable of because of politics.”
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“It took me a while to learn the true meaning of patience and surrender, but I have finally accepted that healing doesn't happen on our schedule. It doesn't have a clock or a calendar.”
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“One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right.”
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“When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?”
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“A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision; but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.”
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“Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.”
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“It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.”
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“The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don't resent them, you are not fit to live.”
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“Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while.”
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“If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.”
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“It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy.”
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“I think the Iraqi people have shown extraordinary patience and courage in the last few months. They have really put a political system on the way to success, to a real democracy here.”
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“That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.”
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“It has taken a great deal of energy, which has not been so difficult to summon as the necessary patience to wait, simply wait much of the time - until my instincts assured me that I had assembled my materials in proper order for a final welding into their natural form.”
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“As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future.”
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“And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust.”
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“A show that no one thought had a chance has just finished its fifth year: Charmed. I think it's tougher for the younger networks, so I think they have a little more patience for the sake of the show. But who knows?”
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“I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.”
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“Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue, where patience, honor, sweet humility, and calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish.”
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“This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can achieve.”
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“So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out.”
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“Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days.”
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“I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.”
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“You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge.”
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“It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad.”
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“I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.”
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“My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.”
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“I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.”
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“We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around.”
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“Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.”
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“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.”
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“Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.”
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“I haven't got a lot of patience.”
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“True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep.”
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“Gardeners are good at nurturing, and they have a great quality of patience, they're tender. They have to be persistent.”
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“Thank God my parents had an abundance of patience.”
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“I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.”
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“While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.”
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“People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.”
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“Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.”
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“Patience is sorrow's salve.”
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“So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.”
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“There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.”
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“It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art.”
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“The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.”
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“Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked.”
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“And we ask the American people to play an important part of our layered defense. We ask for cooperation, patience and a commitment to vigilance in the face of a determined enemy.”
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“Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and efforts to build a community of nations.”
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“Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving.”
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“I'm terrible with patience.”
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“I think God's really blessed me with patience. I'm good with a lot of things going on at once.”
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“Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off.”
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“In movies, there are some things the French do that Americans are increasingly incapable of doing. One is honoring the complexities of youth. It's a quiet, difficult undertaking, requiring subtlety in a filmmaker and perception and patience from us.”
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“It's amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I've received and the love I get from them is just amazing.”
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“If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.”
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“One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.”
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“I wish I was a shredder that could play everything, but I don't have the patience.”
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“To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days.”
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“I have not the smarts or patience for political office.”
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“I'd like to be more patient! I just want everything now. I've tried to meditate, but it's really hard for me to stay still. I'd like to try to force myself to do it, because everybody says how wonderful meditation is for you, but I can't shut my mind up. So patience and learning is the key.”
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“Patience was not my strong point.”
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“Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.”
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“My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out.”
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“Because I'm the author of my screenplays I know what I'm looking for. It's true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but it's also a question of working with patience and love.”
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“When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so.”
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“I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.”
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“My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience, their warmth, their dedication.”
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“Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.”
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“You know, I lose patience really easily; I'd rather shop in the grocery store than in the department store. I can pick an apple like nobody's business.”
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“I've always been a person with patience, and I don't like to force things.”
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“In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.”
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“You know, writing is really difficult, and it takes a real patience and a skill. I don't know if I have that. I admire it in others, so much, and I envy it.”
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“I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.”
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“Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that's a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel.”
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“You have to respect your parents. They are giving you an at-bat. If you're an entrepreneur and go into the family business, you want to grow fast. Patience is important. But respect the other party… My dad and I pulled it off because we really respect each other.”
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“I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.”
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“I have no patience at all.”
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“I think there's not much patience for organized labour, period, public or private sector.”
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“Americans have less and less patience for the intrusive and divisive moral scolds who thrived in the bubbles of the Clinton and Bush years.”
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“The lions taught me photography. They taught me patience and the sense of beauty, a beauty that penetrates you.”
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“I don't have much patience with sick people.”
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“The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.”
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“God always has patience.”
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“Right-wing extremism is all about patience. That is, until it makes its move, and then it is sudden and explosive.”
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“Punk rock has never really had much patience with musical virtuosity. Actually, it'd be more accurate to say that for most of its history, punk has been actively hostile to virtuosity.”
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“I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.”
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“I have very little patience with children.”
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“People need patience. It takes time to build a brand.”
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“No, I wouldn't direct a movie, no. I couldn't. I don't have the patience for it, I don't have the people skills. You have to be clever. I'm not really clever in that kind of way. And you have to be able to manipulate people, but at the same time allow them to feel like they are manipulating you, to get the kind of movie that you want.”
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“To get nostalgic about other people's music, or even about your own, makes a terrible statement about the condition of your life and your prospects for the future. I have no patience with that kind of attitude, whether it's on radio or among friends.”
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“It's funny with jeans now, because if they don't feel like a pair of sweatpants, I don't have patience for them anymore! I think I'm becoming increasingly lazy.”
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“There was a solid year and a half, perhaps two years, after making 'Temple Grandin,' when I didn't do anything. I just didn't have much patience for roles that were silly, or light, or inconsequential.”
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“I don't have much patience for people who are self-conscious about the act of eating, and it irritates me when someone denies themselves the pleasure of a bloody hunk of steak or a pungent French cheese because of some outdated nonsense about what's appropriate or attractive.”
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“Coaching takes patience. I'm more enthused when teaching players who want it versus when I have to.”
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“Being a father has fulfilled me in parts of my life that sustain me. It gives me a comfort and patience. All actors have this hole inside that they're trying to fill by performing. I'm anxious to keep creating, but I'm not so desperate any more because I have the love and support of my kids and wife.”
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“I was a big Guns N' Roses fan when I was seven. My friend who lived across the street had long dark curly hair and I had long blonde hair, so I'd dress up as Axl and she'd be Slash, and we'd rock out in front of the mirror singing 'Patience.'”
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“A monk's extraordinary patience can be a hindrance to desperate decision-making.”
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“When you're a crime reporter, you see the nub of what life's about, and you don't have much patience for the falsity of politics.”
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“A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.”
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“As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.”
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“Kids teach you a lot of patience.”
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“I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.”
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“I didn't choose 'Silver Spoons'. I think my mom and agent chose it because at that time there was a lack of patience on some of the people that were in charge of my career. I think there was a big offer on the table, and I think they took it.”
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“Movies require a lot of patience. I like instant results. If I have done something that's not funny at all, the audience will let me know in two seconds. With the movie, I will have to wait nine months to know if I was that bad.”
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“I make a mean pecan pie, and I have a great recipe for pralines - also using pecans. Pralines take a lot of patience, and patience is a must in the duck blind as well as in the kitchen. Good things come to those who wait.”
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“I don't believe moviegoers don't have patience. Screenwriters are told a scene can't be longer than three minutes, that you have to cut to the chase. Not true!”
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“No one who strives with full faith and heart for the blessings of eternal life will be denied. And how great will be the joy and how much deeper the appreciation then after enduring in patience and faith now.”
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“I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise.”
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“Because of my capacity for listening to strangers' tales, or the details of their lives, my patience with their food and their crotchets, my curiosity that borders on nosiness, I am told that anyone traveling with me experiences an unbelievable tedium, and this is why I choose to travel alone.”
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“The key to sauces is having patience. I'm not a patient woman, but I learned with sauces that you have to get everything on a slow roll and layer the flavors. That's where you get robust tastes: it starts one way and ends another.”
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“Honestly, Americans are more open-minded and have the patience and the time for new types of music. In Australia and New Zealand, you must earn your place.”
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“Negative thinking patterns can be immensely deceptive and persuasive, and change is rarely easy. But with patience and persistence, I believe that nearly all individuals suffering from depression can improve and experience a sense of joy and self-esteem once again.”
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“I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. I don't have the patience. Why, I'd probably kill the actors. Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses.”
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“The overwhelming message of the Atonement is the perfect love the Savior has for each and all of us. It is a love which is full of mercy, patience, grace, equity, long-suffering, and, above all, forgiving.”
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“I don't know the definition of a star; I am just an actor. I prefer doing hard work, as I feel luck can't do much in absence of hard work. I am a lazy person - when I entered into this industry, I thought it was a cakewalk, but I have realised it needs a lot of patience and hard work.”
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“If I am told to be at a shoot at 10 A.M., I am ready on time. By 11:30, I lose my patience. After that, I keep threatening to leave the sets if they don't begin soon. It works sometimes.”
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“I think my best teacher and my best study was theater in general. It taught me a lot of patience and a lot of hard work, and I think that theater teaches you that you've got to know your stuff because you only get one chance.”
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“Because we men have been physically stronger and more arrogant, we've influenced much of the cool stuff of the world, like basing the definition of courage on what we do on battlefields rather than on the patience or endurance or tolerance necessary for a sometimes painful daily grind that includes small children.”
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“I've been accused of riding roughshod over others' emotions, and I admit, when I feel a friend is being over-indulgent, my patience is in short supply.”
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“With marriage and fatherhood, I've finally found two fixed points in my life. They've taught me patience. They've also taught me that I don't need to feel guilty about being happy. My emotional seasons are less extreme.”
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“Let us wait in patience for the Christ-child whose own life depended on the lives of Mary and Joseph. The Word of God was made flesh. He came so that we might experience the fullness of time.”
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“The principal reason for the universe's poker face is that its constituents are far away. Stars careen through space, and galaxies spin at speeds thousands of times faster than a jet plane. But given their distance, you'd need the patience of Job to notice much change in their appearance or position.”
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“Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.”
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“Al Unser Sr. was one of the smartest drivers I've ever raced against. And I often said, I wish I could've had some of his patience. I know it would have worked for me many times.”
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“No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you.”
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“I have an equal amount of patience as my grade-school children, which is not great.”
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“I started 'SNL,' and I became the one who did impressions. I did that, but then I wanted to get an original character on, and that took a long time to get one on that stuck. And then I got Vinny Vedecci on - 'Oh great' - and then it took a couple more seasons to get Greg the Alien on. You have to have some patience.”
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“Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.”
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“The moment a large investor doesn't believe a government will pay back its debt when it says it will, a crisis of confidence could develop. Investors have scant patience for the years of good governance - politically fraught fiscal restructuring, austerity and debt rescheduling - it takes to defuse a sovereign-debt crisis.”
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“Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.”
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“Serbia has shown enough patience, but it has also sent a clear and strong message that the law must be respected and that no one is stronger than the state.”
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“To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.”
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“I would be horrible at Twitter. I wouldn't know the answer to fans' questions half the time - and the patience involved! I couldn't imagine. I did have a Twitter account that I tried for a couple days, but found I had nothing to say.”
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“Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result.”
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“I always tell up-and-coming DJs you have to really love what you do and find that interest to drive you. It requires so much attention to detail, and it takes up a lot of your time. You hear a song, and there are so many little pieces that make that song work. It requires a lot of patience, diligence and resilience.”
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“Becoming a father increases your capacity for love and your level of patience. It opens up another door in a person - a door which you may not even have known was there. That's what I feel with my son. There's suddenly another level of love that expands. My son is my greatest joy, out of everything in my life.”
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“I'm not about my breasts; I'm just about good health, OK. I'm not afraid of doing what I need to do to stay here. I really don't understand women who are in denial, who don't want to go for a mammogram. I think it's stupidity. Sorry. I have no patience for that.”
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“What I relish most is when a member of my staff, who has worked with passion and patience towards achieving their dream of owning a restaurant, walks up to me and says, 'Nobu! I have done it!'”
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“I've no patience for people who say they never watch television. It's a great way to keep in touch with popular culture, and it's important that children can relate to what their schoolmates are watching.”
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“Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.”
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“The best thing Jay-Z ever taught me was patience.”
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“Science is to be much commended for the ingenuity, the patience, and the persistency it displays in the invention of instruments wherewith to ferret out the secrets of nature.”
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“A nation may be born in a day, but the great truths which make for the glory and uplift of the race only through long ages permeate and control humanity. We must have the divine patience and understand the divine mathematics of a thousand years as one day.”
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“The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience and perseverance. When you're on the mound, you have to take the game one pitch at a time, regardless of the score, and that approach helps when I'm in the woods or on the water as well.”
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“Generations of gun owners have taught their sons and daughters that it takes as much patience and skill to be a good shot as it does to be a good steward of a powerful weapon.”
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“I make really good pasta sauce. The secret to getting it right is just patience and love.”
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“Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14 years to write a book, not that I worked on it every day.”
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“When, President Obama, do you mean to cease abusing our patience? How long is that madness of yours still to mock us? When is there to be an end to that unbridled audacity of yours swaggering about as it does now?”
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“The Italians are not indulgent, as Americans are. They don't have the patience to teach young singers how to move. They think you should learn in school.”
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“I would say I'm a boss who's learning, and I hope people have the patience for the fact that I'm learning along the way because that's a tough thing.”
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“My mother is a ball of fire in the world, and I love that about her. But what I have learned from my stepdad is something as important, which is patience and compassion. Because when you are living with someone else, those two qualities go a long way.”
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“Looking back, I didn't have the patience to work in fashion. I like women so much, but I was never qualified to torture them in photo shoots. You have to be really tough and brutal.”
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“Ultimately, knowing God and reading the Word, it helps with patience with people, understanding, empathy and sympathy that they might not have that I have. If God gave it to me, why not exercise it?”
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“I think as more people use the phones to access the Internet, they have a lot less patience for trying to find things on the search engines. That is because you need to figure a lot of things out for search to work.”
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“I have a business manager and a book-keeper who deals with our household bills. My husband and I sit down with her for a weekly report on how much money is going out, but I'm not terribly interested, and I don't have the patience for it.”
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“For me, most writing consists of siphoning out useless pre-story matter, cutting and cutting and cutting, what seems to be endless rewriting, and what is entailed in all that is patience, and waiting, and false starts, and dead ends, and really, in a way, nerve.”
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“There are three lessons in philanthropy - one, involve the family, especially the spouse. She can be a remarkable driver of your initiative. Two, you need to build an institution, and you need to scale it up. Choose a leader for philanthropy whom you trust. Three, philanthropy needs patience, tenacity and time.”
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“In my experience, not just in shooting films but in the commercials I've done, initially, it's very exciting for the community, and its a real novelty. Very quickly, though, they realize there's a buck to be had, and it becomes annoying, and they lose their patience pretty quick.”
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“When I returned from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972, my father was running a forging business with a turnover of Rs 3.5 crore. But I had no patience and wanted to grow the business via exports.”
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“Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses.”
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“Like anyone, you could love someone, and it doesn't mean that you're equipped or you were taught or have the patience or the love or the wherewithal to be a good parent. One has nothing to do with the other.”
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“The notion that patience is a virtue is something you don't fully appreciate until you're a parent. You need endless patience with little ones.”
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“My wife makes fun of me by calling me a grandpa because I have very little patience for inconsiderate children. So if we're walking in the mall, and some kid goes by really fast on a skateboard, I become the grumpiest eighty-five-year-old man in the world and start screaming at them.”
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“I don't have a lot of patience for movies that aren't cleanly told.”
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“An Englishman bears with patience any ridicule which foreigners cast upon him. John Bull never laughs so loudly as when he laughs at himself; but the Americans are nationally sensitive and cannot endure that good-humoured raillery which jests at their weaknesses and foibles.”
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“I don't really have the patience to do my hair, which is why it's always parted down the middle, slicked, in a low ponytail or a messy high bun. I'm too lazy to do my own hair, but I like doing my makeup.”
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“The difference between rearing a child in your 20s and one in your 50s is one of patience.”
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“I don't think patience is something that any of us grow up with in a large dose. It's a world of instant gratification.”
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“I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.”
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“For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep reliable dictionaries and textbooks at his elbow; eschewing as far as possible that hasty extemporaneous manner of writing which is the privilege of more advanced students.”
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“When I first started submitting my work professionally - and we're talking years and years ago - I had no patience for editorial response times. I hated waiting to hear back from people, hated waiting to see my work in print.”
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“I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience.”
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“I am very hopeful that my personal success in Qatar will ignite others, especially those in the so-called non-traditional sports, to try even harder because now they can see for themselves that significant achievements can be attained. But let me stress that it takes a lot of work - in fact, very hard work - mixed with very heavy doses of patience.”
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“I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens.”
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“I have no patience for wasting time.”
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“I tell people a lot of times, if you want to be a part of something, you never know, you kind of just have to be around. A lot of people don't really have the patience for it, and they don't stick around. Dre and I are still working together, and we have plenty of music for the future.”
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“Writing is boring, very boring, and it takes so much patience.”
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“As a result of the strategic patience policy, we now have North Korea testing four times an atomic weapon; they've violated numerous United Nations sanctions, U.S. sanctions by launching ballistic missile tests.”
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“You have to have patience to be a legislator.”
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“Storytelling is about patience, about making sense of the moments of pathos and beauty that you find, and about carrying these moments back into your own life.”
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“It is necessary for him who would endure existence with patience that he should conceive himself to be something - that he should be persuaded he is not a cipher in the muster-roll of man.”
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“For some reason, every time I get a little bit under the weather, I've got zero patience.”
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“I've got to really try and manage my patience out there.”
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“I wish I had more patience.”
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“Americans' distrust of the conspicuously intellectual - a habit we learned, I suppose, on the frontier, but which remains a feature of the national character - has the virtue of puncturing the pretentious and exposing the fake, but it may also have impaired American listeners' patience for music that is especially complex or austere.”
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“When you are starting to run an online business, you need to narrow down a niche market and be able to stick with it until you have a good profit coming in. This can take a while, so you need to have a great deal of patience to make sure that your business is moving in the right direction.”
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“When you're short on sleep, you're short on patience. You're ruder to people, less tolerant, less understanding. It's harder to relate and to pay attention for sustained periods of time.”
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“Patience is key. You can't get selfish, and that's the number one thing I've learned at WWE. The world continues to go round, and I just knew - given the right opportunity and the right moment - that the world would know I was good, but now the world knows that I'm great.”
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“America is a great country. It has a lot of work to do. The bottom line is it's easy to talk; it's easy to have the media pick up on something, and it's hard to have the patience to put something in place you can build on that will make sure each citizen has their equal rights.”
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“I like to take my own time, and I don't like to rush. I do take time, and I have patience.”
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“When you bat, you need to have a lot of patience. I started training for it from the age of eight or nine. So, I knew what I needed when I stepped on the field to bat.”
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“After the match-fixing allegations, the one thing I had was patience. It took a lot of time for the courts to come to a verdict regarding the case. Sometimes, there were adjournments, but during that time, I had patience. We fought very hard, and finally justice prevailed, and we got the right verdict.”
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“You have to be very strong and headstrong to make your place. You have to know how to say no. Patience is very important.”
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“To the fans, thank you for your patience and concern. They've been on point with my career, especially after my injuries.”
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“Having patience is one of the hardest things about being human. We want to do it now, and we don't want to wait. Sometimes we miss out on our blessing when we rush things and do it on our own time.”
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“Does anyone want to see a person who's making the money that the newspapers say I'm making complaining, 'Woe is me, my life is terrible, and people are being unfair?' No one would've had any patience for that. I wouldn't have any patience for that.”
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“I don't think one should attribute the success and failure of a film to a single actor. When you decide to do a film, you weigh the pros and cons before taking a call. Only when you run out of patience, get insecure, and feel your career is heading nowhere do you sign anything that comes your way.”
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“The biggest advice I can give loved ones who are supporting someone navigating a newly diagnosed mental illness is patience, patience, and patience.”
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“If you were to ask me when I was 17 if I was mad because I didn't have a deal, I would have probably said, 'Yeah.' Now I'm so glad I got it when I got it. People tell you to be patient and wait. Patience is not a virtue of mine, but I think everything definitely happened the right way for me.”
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“The great saints were always great innovators… They had to be very strong people… principled people. And, apart from their principles, with great tenacity they had to have great reserves of patience.”
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“The single biggest advantage a value investor has is not IQ. It's patience and waiting. Waiting for the right pitch, and waiting for many years for the right pitch.”
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“When I was on the bench, I used to have a yellow pad, and I put on the pad at the beginning of the day, 'patience' and 'restraint.'”
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“I still have to work on patience.”
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“I think writing novels has taught me more about the value of patience and being organized. I've learned to use timelines and wikis to track decisions and make sure everything still fits together. It's both easier and harder than writing short fiction.”
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“For believers, both privilege and privation are a trial, and both demand responses: one demands service, and the other demands patience. The greatest privilege is to live well in flourishing lands; the greatest privation is to live in the midst of war, especially civil war.”
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“I have no patience with dinosaurs.”
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“No one thought the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would happen, but I had patience.”
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“I recall my mum tried to teach me how to fry chicken once, and I almost burned down half the kitchen… I don't think I have the patience for cooking.”
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“I think every war certainly wears on national will and national patience, particularly a counterinsurgency.”
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“I've got to give my neighbors a bottle of wine or something because I was just screaming into microphones and learning how to play instruments, and it was a lesson in patience for them, I believe.”
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“People are stubborn about what they perceive to be the right thing or the wrong thing, and it takes a long time to filter this human condition. There's a waiting period until people catch up. But if you have patience - which it takes when someone thinks differently from you - everybody always catches up. That patience is a wonderful virtue.”
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“I was 25 myself once. I also thought I knew everything. I also thought that I could give singers singing advice and comics comedy advice. When you're that age, you know it all, so I understand it. But when you're tired and you don't have patience for it, you definitely snap.”
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“I always had that long-term vision. Even getting going with cinema, knowing it was such a long road to be able to make films, but I always had a long term. Whenever I was starting out, I had that patience.”
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“Patience, discipline - giving everything on court… This is what I'm trying to bring in every single match.”
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“With patience, persistence, and partnership, we can create economic opportunity for every person willing to work hard for it.”
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“Good novel is a conjunction of many factors, the main of which is, without a doubt, hard work. There are many things behind a good novel, but in particular, there is a lot of work - a lot of patience, a lot of stubbornness, and a critical spirit.”
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“Patience, they say, is a virtue. Yet in times of emergency, the government needs to be able to make snap decisions and take bold, decisive action to protect the American people.”
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“If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.”
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“I tolerate lots of people I have no patience or respect for. Then, as soon as I can, I rat on them.”
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“In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.”
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“When it comes to work, I have a lot of patience, but otherwise, I am quite impatient.”
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“The practice of patience in crafting and process is a virtue that needs to come back.”
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“For those of us learning the way to financial serenity and solvency, the envelope system teaches prudence, patience, and perseverance. You can only spend what you have.”
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“There is an old tool that has become very handy that is called strategic patience, which is do not overreact in the short-term. Take your time. See what is the underlying, real message. And then, once the reality is represented by actions, then decide how you are going to react to those actions.”
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“You have to have patience and confidence that your things will let you know where they need to go. Particularly artwork. Paintings will tell you where they want to be.”
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“You can write ten versions of a scene, and then, on the day, discover that something in the original scene worked. It's hard on writers. Hard on actors, hard on editors, hard on me, hard on the producers, who require patience and confidence. But I can't get to the end without going through this process.”
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“I have a tremendous amount of patience and tolerance when working with people, but if I ever feel the impulse to inhibit myself from doing one more take, or feel a need to apologize to someone for pushing, I know that that relationship isn't gonna last.”
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“When you learn how to be really attentive, you learn the importance of patience and appreciating a woman. You're able to appreciate the softness of her skin and the look in her eyes. It's a connection.”
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“When we have people elected into office that believe in conversion therapy and are trying to strip trans rights in the military and do these things that are directly attacking the LGBT community, I have no patience.”
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“Being a father gave me a new purpose for existing. That newfound purpose has somehow given me the stamina and patience to take on the endless stream of challenges that come along with parenthood.”
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“'Deadpool' took seven years to get to the motion picture screen, and I use that as my measurement. That tested me and my patience more than anything I could've imagined because the screenplay was so good.”
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“I'm glad I didn't know how much patience entrepreneurship required. It took some time to turn that into a strength of mine, so that would've presented an obstacle when I was younger.”
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“Nothing is ever quick. You have to grow an audience, keep them engaged, give them a reason to keep coming back so it will never be an overnight success. Have patience!”
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“I love yoga because it allows me to slow down and experience how good it feels to be in relationship to my body. It teaches me patience, acceptance, and how to receive.”
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“Being a wife and mother are the single most important roles in my life. They take a lot of work, a lot of patience, and help from God and His Word, but if you put in the effort, it's more fulfilling than anything on earth.”
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“There comes a time when you have to exercise patience.”
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“It's amazing, all of the ways that having kids has changed me. I'm a much less selfish person because of them, and compared to who I was before, my patience level seems infinite.”
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“There are very few things that I have any patience for that are not at least a little bit humorous.”
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“I'm not a person who believes in the great difference between women and men as editors. But I do think that quality is key. We're very good at organizing and discipline and patience, and patience is 50 per cent of editing. You have to keep banging away at something until you get it to work. I think women are maybe better at that.”
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“Editing is a lot about patience and discipline and just banging away at something, turning off the machine and going home at night because you're frustrated and depressed, and then coming back in the morning to try again.”
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“I think when YouTube first came out, everyone was thinking people were just going to watch five-minute shows from now on and that people didn't have the patience anymore to watch longer programmes. But instead, everyone is binge watching and consuming ten-hour programmes and box sets of shows, so it is really interesting.”
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“Losing your patience and your temper isn't the most attractive thing, but as kids get older, you wind up raising your voice.”
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“While the 2011 revolution did not remove the regime, it has shortened the seemingly endless patience that many Egyptians once had for military rule.”
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“What's nice about a lot of Wes Anderson's films is that there's a patience to it. I think that patience brings out a lot more funny things that you would miss otherwise if you just had to make quick cuts and keep the pace, whatever that pace is that bigger budget comedies have to have.”
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“Being a family member is hard no matter where you are. It's hard to be a kid. It's hard to be a parent. It's hard to be a brother or sister. It takes patience and kindness and forbearance.”
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“I tell people all the time, the status quo is so untenable to me. Like, literally, I have no patience for it.”
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“Being a father taught me patience. And it taught me vulnerability. You don't realize how vulnerable you are when you love something else more far more than yourself.”
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“When you have a president who mocks our inclusivity, who demonizes our diversity… you can't ask for patience.”
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“Being a runner has brought me a lot of patience, and patience goes a long way in life.”
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“Because I have so many brothers and sisters, I think I'm able to have a certain patience.”
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“I've always believed in staying in a positive frame of mind and allowing God to work and move. It's about having patience.”
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“I kind of feel like… I have a slower instinct than most live-action directors, but I have more patience.”
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“Balance takes work. Lots of it. There is no endpoint in balance, no goal, no finalization. Balance requires practice, patience, and - most importantly - movement. We often get stuck in our ways and form habits based on our fears and driven by our insecurities.”
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“Pregnancy has been a huge lesson in patience and in allowing myself to be open to whatever the day may hand me.”
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“You've got to be able to let things roll off your back, and you've got to have some patience.”
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“Patience is weapon. I learned that from my Laker days.”
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“Club music taught me so much about myself: having patience or appreciating a different type of way of taking in life. That, to me, is like what 'Off the Wall' is. Or 'I Feel Love' or 'Rock Your Baby' with George McCrae.”
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“I don't know about writing. It's quite lonely. You have to have a lot of patience with yourself. I don't know if I could do that. But I'd love to direct again.”
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“I've always been in awe of filmmakers and their patience in realizing their vision because I could never do that.”
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“I would say that my forte is cutting the line. My entire life's work is me having zero patience and not waiting in a line.”
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“One fear setting on filmmakers is that the audience no longer has any patience. They want things to constantly move.”
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“I haven't got the patience for small talk, although I once saw a woman standing on her own in the corner, and I realised it was Monica Lewinsky, and I had the nicest evening with her - she was charming.”
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“When I have a new idea, I'm charged up and want to start the film immediately, but I simply don't have the patience to wait for stars.”
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“I don't think I have the patience required to undertake projects as huge as 'Baahubali.' You need to spend a lot of time and years to make something empowering like that.”
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“I know the 4Ps (Planning, Priority, Perspective and Patience), and I believe that this knowledge sets me apart from others, as I know exactly how to promote a song, where to promote it. And basically, how much money should be spent in doing all that.”
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“I took Pascal, and I was terrible. And then, when I went to NYU, I minored in computer science. I just couldn't code. I just didn't have the patience for it.”
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“I know that I put a lot into 'Hereditary', and I'm proud of what it is. Beyond the fact that the film takes its time and asks for a certain amount of patience from the audience - and I hope it rewards that patience by the end - I know that I'm something of an aesthete. I care about aesthetics, and I love filmmaking.”
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“It's about listening to the land and being patient and being ready to absorb our dreaming or our path or our destiny slowly, with patience, being ready to absorb that when it's time and not chasing it.”
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“Kevin McHale was a master communicator and knows how to coach stars, and that's a unique gift because you take an old-school guy that's used to coaching his way, he'd have a hard time coaching them cats now, but Kevin knows how, and he has the patience of Job.”
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“I always say that with work and patience, if you believe in your own talent, at the end, things come back; there's no doubt about it.”
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“Generally, I have lot of patience, and I won't take a decision immediately on anything. I will think twice, thrice; then only I take a decision.”
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“I think it's necessary for VR to start with an early adopter audience that's highly engaged, and I think that means gamers. They're the ones who have the high-end hardware and the expertise and the patience to sort through the uncertainty of it all.”
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“After four years of experience - and especially after the match with Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 27 for the U.S. title that ended up being a dark match - you've got to realize that patience is a huge key in this game.”
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“Scoring and fishing are comparable. In both cases, you must have patience and wait for the right moment to strike power with the utmost coolness.”
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“I went in to Reading with the full backing of the chairman, who was great to me, and I got 20 games. Even though it was a three-year project, and I was the guy who knew the club more than anyone, I got the sack after 20 games. Funnily enough, it had just started to pick up, but they lost their patience.”
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“If you embrace a project that will require time and patience, then you need something to work on. So the first step of the project is to create an identity. If you don't have an identity, then today you want this player and tomorrow another one. If you have an idea and a shape, then this is how you develop an identity.”
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“Time is always important; sometimes time doesn't always go along with patience. It is always important. You have to deal with it. It's part of football. Every decision is judged.”
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“I am an attacking batsman, but I've learned a lot about patience. There are clever bowlers who can pick your weak points, so I have to be a bit patient, play out a spell or two.”
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“There's a randomness, even if you're talented. This is a very unforgiving industry that puts you through the ringer. It is not easy by any means, but it's one of those things that if you have the patience, the perspective, and the talent, it can really take off.”
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“Religion has played a big part in eliminating the nuance in humanity. People began to believe things before they knew them. It stopped people from listening and learning with the patience and love of the God they believe in.”
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“I have learned that you need to have patience, perseverance, and faith in people to reach your goals.”
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“As for direction, I definitely do not have the patience or the resilience to make a film. Directing a film is very, very hard.”
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“I had no patience for films. It was only after I met Shah Rukh that I learnt to enjoy his passion for cinema.”
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“In Germany, young players are given more time, more patience. In England, they prefer to buy already-high-level players rather than spending some time building up a really talented young guy.”
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“The most important thing I learned during games is to be calmer, to try to smooth over other people's or my own mistakes, and not to tackle people unnecessarily. Patience was key for me.”
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“The industry has changed in that it is far more disposable than it used to be. When Boyzone came out, we were given a shot and the patience to record our singles and albums. Nowadays, the thought is if it is not working, then the artist will be dropped. The record companies will bail on the artists, and I find that sad.”
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“When you are a father, when you talk to your son or your daughter for the first time, they don't understand you. Of course, you have patience, and you keep talking to them, and eventually they do understand.”
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“Men need to learn how to deal with women with strength and patience - this is love.”
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“In white-ball cricket, things are different - over there, you outsmart the batsman, and over here in Test cricket, it's all about patience and consistency.”
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“Football is business. It's all about being quick, quick, quick - nobody has any patience nowadays. But then again, that is how things are in normal life, away from football.”
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“I wrote three stories on spec because I didn't have the patience to convince people I could write.”
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“I have learnt that patience is important: patience when you bowl and also in how you handle life.”
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“Writing takes too much patience and it takes too much out of you for me to want to attempt it too often.”
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“Things that are uncomfortable and demand time and effort and patience we can switch off to. And I am intrigued by that concept. It's about human tolerance.”
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“Arsene Wenger was always the kind of manager whose belief in his team's qualities was steady as a rock and who approached matters with never-ending patience.”
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“Sometimes I think I'm a bit impatient, and a bit more patience would help me in some cases.”
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“Patience for me is a big thing. Patience with others. Patience with the way the world is evolving. I have a sense of urgency because I want to help out so much.”
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“I have fully retired as a choreographer. I do not have the patience now to make actors learn their steps. For me, that ship has sailed. I have enjoyed 22 years of it.”
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“I think young people don't appreciate that when you're in your 70s, you'll lose patience for techie stuff and you may decide that you want a simple device.”
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“And I have to be willing to be patient to allow God's plan to unfold and not go ahead and try to make my own circumstances happen for me. So, I've learned that He can be trusted for every need and desire but at the same time that may require patience on my end.”
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“There are times when I surprise myself with the kind of patience I have shown and then there are times when I felt that I could have handled it easily but I made a mountain out of a mole.”
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“I wanted my own rock band and stuff like that, but things didn't work out. I didn't have the patience to write my own songs and learn it and everything.”
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“In football a championship team is never bought, it's built with time and patience.”
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“The biggest lesson my kids have taught me is to find the joy in little things, along with a healthy dose of patience.”
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“I don't have much patience as I really like to work a lot and it is really hard to work a lot in movies because you have to have patience - every movie is a huge test of patience.”
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“Shiva Nirvana's dedication and patience are adorable.”
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“I'm not a perfectionist. I don't have enough patience to go over the same details over and over trying to get it perfect.”
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“I learned patience. I'm not a real patient guy, but with me trusting in my coach, my managers and my team, I just trust the process and just continue to stay patient and just follow suit.”
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“There was a lot of times when I was busking there were a lot of people in your face, like 'More, more! Go again, again, again!'… People were so used to be able to swipe to see something different to entertain themselves that the patience had diminished.”
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“Whether it is a garden gnome, the sound of Bing Crosby launching into 'White Christmas', the blinking innocent eyes of Bambi or the words of Patience Strong, the kitsch phenomenon is there as strong and recognisable as your mother's face. You seldom if ever have the question, whether this is kitsch or not. If you think it might be, then it is.”
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“I have little patience or time for nonsense that's spread around.”
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“I've learned patience.”
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“That's the main thing on defense: focus, patience and staying as one unit.”
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“You can legislate behavior but you cannot legislate belief. Patience is what it takes. But patience doesn't mean sitting around on your butt waiting for something to happen.”
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“When generation changes,, things get outdated but then if you have talent and patience, you bounce back.”
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“I educate myself, but I haven't got the time or patience to enlist myself in a degree course. The world is my school.”
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“I feel like I've always been a great fighter but I'm learning the patience part of it and not getting overwhelmed with emotion and adrenaline and going out there and brawling like a maniac.”
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“My sister was the glamourous one and her movies portrayed her beauty and glamour. As a person, she has enormous patience and has single-handedly supported my mother and my siblings. I have always admired her loyalty to the family.”
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“One of the biggest lessons I've learnt is patience. It's critical when raising a child.”
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“I feel really privileged to have gracious and merciless people with a lot of perspective and patience in my life.”
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“My life was forever changed by people who took the time and had the patience to learn my story and to share theirs with me. They forsook judgment and came to me with kindness and empathy and the impact of that decision was huge.”
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“People have a little more patience for a taped piece than they do a live piece.”
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“I am not ready to test the viewers' patience by playing one role far too many times.”
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“When I'm training for a fight, I'm not the same person that I normally am when I'm at home. I'm always thinking about fighting. I'm doing it day in and day out. Pretty soon, my personality starts to change. My temper's a little bit shorter, I don't have a lot of patience for a lot of things.”
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“I have discovered the virtue of patience and I don't quite believe that taking a break for good reason can be a risk.”
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“That's the problem with our industry: patience. People want instant NBA stars, and that's not going to happen.”
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“Social media is a bit tricky but the key is in patience. I know it's easier said than done, but I have been patient for six years and never gave up.”
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“I don't have the talent, the temperament, or the patience to be a great chef. I'd much rather order from someone who can really do it. I love restaurants. They make my life better.”
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“My Mum was the main reason why I became a chef. She influenced all of my family to feel free in the kitchen - it was the centre of our home and I have wonderful memories of helping Mum cook and experiencing the love and patience that went into the food.”
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“There's more luck in poker. Getting good at golf requires a certain amount of physical aptitude. Both take a lot of patience. Both require knowing when to gamble - either with a big bluff or a high-risk shot. Both can be infuriating.”
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“The game of golf slows the whole world down and gives you time to think. Inner-city kids could learn a lot about patience.”
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“Patience, time, love, it heals all.”
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“I believe that patience is fundamental in football. It is difficult as sometimes patience is not there. You must have a clear idea and a path you want to take.”
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“Patience is the name of the game in Bollywood.”
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“My grandfather didn't have any patience for little kids or their needs.”
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“We have told the Iranian regime countless times, do not confuse President Trump's strategic patience with weakness.”
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“I didn't have the patience to wait to take a degree before starting work, because I wanted to run my own business.”
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“This sport is growing. It's about patience, rather than getting caught up in five in a row, want a title shot, main event. The goal is to put on a great fight and be smart.”
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“To become a professional, you have to train a lot, which I did from a very early age. Of course, it helps if your character is very competitive and you have patience and perseverance.”
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“Every game is won with patience.”
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“I'm a bit of a dynamite fisherman when it comes to cooking as I don't have the patience, but I am a huge foodie.”
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“I think that most things, if you want to use them properly, take quite a lot of time and I don't necessarily have the patience to sit down and read the instructions and follow the first bits to actually get the starting point.”
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“Watching 'Moonlight,' I just recognized this patience in the film - allowing moments to live and linger - and I just thought that was so beautiful.”
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“Seeing all of these beautiful brown faces and having that patience for them to live in whatever it was that they were living in; I was just so blown away by the artistry that I recognized in 'Moonlight' - the colors, the music.”
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“Politics is a game of great patience. A woman has to hold her ground and maintain dignity, holding her head high.”
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“Becoming a father allowed me to become a much better composer, because it allowed me to have tremendous patience. I have much more tolerance for opposing opinions, short attention spans, changes of heart. And faith in the future.”
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“I am really impressed with Dominic Thiem's patience at times.”
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“My biggest fault? I guess it's a lack of patience - not when I'm working, but when I'm not working.”
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“TV is a comparatively younger medium in India. It will take some time to be mature. We need to have patience.”
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“Sport's about patience and keep working no matter the outcome.”
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“I feel like I take a lot of pride in the patience that I play with.”
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“One thing that I am becoming to learn is that you've got to have patience and wait your turn in this game. I feel like I am progressing as an artist, as a writer and as a performer and I know that there will be that one moment that will change everything.”
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“A strong willed woman is often feared. But more often she is pushed to the tether of her patience, forced to bend down.”
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“I try to have as much patience as possible.”
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“Football demands patience. Keep working and you will be rewarded.”
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“It costs to win, you need patience.”
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“To be an actor, you have to have patience.”
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“The first thing I do when I get up is pray and meditate to center myself for the day ahead. I ask for inspiration in my creative endeavors, guidance in my relationships and patience in my journey. It's a great way to get focused for the day.”
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“Obviously, I did not start my Test career too well. With the bat, I was probably not quite ready to play at that stage. I was happy to go back to first-class system and learn my game a bit more, honing my skills, particularly my defence and patience.”
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“I want to be in the Guinness Book of World Records. And I don't have the patience to grow the longest fingernails in the world. Why not be the fastest woman on four wheels? It makes complete sense.”
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“As a young footballer, it's not easy to come from Canada and then try to play in one of the best teams in the world. It takes time, especially at a young age. It takes a lot of patience to be able to play.”
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“You have to have faith and confidence in yourself, that you are better than the bad guys you're dealing with. You have to have a lot of patience.”
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“It's all about patience and I'm sure my time will come. I'm learning what it takes to be successful and I'm doing the things the coaches tell me.”
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“It takes getting the right talent. It takes a lot of patience. It takes investment and passion and commitment and entrepreneurial spirit, and everyone in the organization must buy into that.”
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“I have always had tremendous amount of patience, compassion and forgiveness.”
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“You can't make money on borrowed knowledge. If following Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was all it took to make money, a lot more people would be rich. It requires patience and you learn from mistakes.”
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“What Mr Rogers was offering to children were lessons we all need in our world right now: patience, kindness, acceptance and true self-reflection.”
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“I think having even more patience in the ring is going to help step my game up even higher.”
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“I had a certain level of patience, but sometimes weathering the storm is a patient process. Every storm don't pass fast. Every storm, it can be passing, but it can be getting stronger and stronger or it could be coming down hard.”
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“The most amazing feeling in the world is destroying. It takes so much strength and patience and time to build, and destruction is fast, fast, fast. Explosive.”
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“Those lumpen mercenaries who make money on the back of the destiny of all, those who call for invasion, those who continuously offend in words and acts… would be well advised that this people's patience has limits.”
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“I don't have the patience… an angry man cannot get into politics.”
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“Chess taught me patience.”
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“Samir is a well composed person. Dolly Bindra tried his patience big time.”
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“When I became the assistant, I was intelligent and helpful. I had patience. As the head coach I was completely the opposite. I made a good decision to get out.”
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“When it comes to wildlife photography, you need to have luck and patience.”
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“There is always a lot of competition at a big club like Manchester City, so I need to keep working hard, having patience and hoping for the best.”
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“Before you have kids, you can blow up and get mad, then you have kids and they teach you the opposite. You have to be patient when you're helping - whether it's with school work or potty training, it's a whole other level of patience.”
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“The Queen is frequently on her own, walking the dogs, riding her horses, playing patience, completing a jigsaw, sorting her photograph albums, watching television, phoning friends, doing the Telegraph crossword. Is she neglected? Is she suffering? Or does she simply understand her man?”
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“In bowlers' meetings we talk a lot about patience here in India. You need that more than anywhere in the world. Outfields are fast, pitches are slow, the ball gets soft. Bowlers are more crucial than batters.”
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“Girls, they just have something that guys don't have. They've got this patience and this motherly thing, we just don't have that same patience as men.”
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“For me, patience is a virtue and the result is much more important than the road.”
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“Patience, self-belief and regularity are three qualities that would take a young player to great heights.”
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“I've no time for an affair, and certainly no patience with being linked with one or the other man all the time.”
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“My friends wonder how I have the patience to engage with people on Twitter about topics such as diversity and why black British history should be taught in schools: surely it's exhausting? And they're right.”
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“Coaching is a very different skill. You need patience, you need a lot of organisation. I don't have any.”
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“I would love to think I'd inherited my father's patience. He's a man who achieves a great deal through gentleness.”
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“These short tracks are about patience. You have to show patience.”
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“Overeem is really smart when he's fighting, had the patience to wait for the right moment.”
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“I am constantly in a need to create irrespective of the medium. When I started out, I did sketch and I continue to do so on paper sometimes. Mainly, I work with acrylic and ink. Honestly, I don't have the patience for oil paint to dry.”
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“I think the most important mantra in my life has been and will continue to be - patience, hard work and will power.”
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“My favorite ability in a player is the combination of aggressiveness and patience.”
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“My patience level can be my weakness, but I know I can deal with anyone.”
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“What mistake all of us make when we are talking about a particular cricketer is that we say they are trying too much, the control is not there, there is no patience. These are cliched terms.”
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“Patience may be the toughest thing when you're injured.”
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“Interns can be hard on me and I'm hard on them. They have no experience and I have little patience when they don't know how to address an envelope or can't put a date in the calendar properly (I mean literally, like with the right floor number or proper cross streets).”
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“I had to figure out a different way of walking to ease my journey to the top, surviving in mountains, and more importantly, I learnt patience.”
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“You must remember that Endora is basically a good witch. She really doesn't have a wicked bone in her magic finger. It's just that she hain't the patience to endure human follies and foibles. If you're human you're a slave. That's the way she sees it. She's a genius and she demands that quality in people as well as witches and warlocks.”
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“Football has no patience.”
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“Sometimes patience pays. That's what I always thought.”
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“I feel like patience is sometimes better than pride, and I'm a very patient fighter.”
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“I am who I am and the biggest thing I can learn, as I've said, is patience.”
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“My mom told me years ago I got the patience of Job, so I'll stick something out for awhile.”
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“Patience has never been my strongest point and to spend 22 days in intensive care and 72 days in one room you need tremendous patience.”
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“Patience is a key to success. I rely on that.”
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“I don't have the patience and the strength to hold on to the grudges.”
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“I do have patience. I can exercise substantial patience when I need to.”
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“Sometimes patience can be the most important club in the bag.”
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“There are plenty of academic subjects I don't feel comfortable teaching my high-school-aged son, and I honour teachers for their patience and dedication to educating the next generation.”
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“I'm trying to work on my patience.”
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“I have never understood cards my whole life. I could never learn card games, I didn't have the patience for them.”
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“I basically have enough time and patience in my life to do Blues Traveler and one other thing.”
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“I owe Bum Phillips a huge tip of the 10-gallon hat. He had patience with me when I started my NFL career in New Orleans. And he stuck with me until we got it right.”
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“I only became a defender quite late in my own development, and it took a lot of patience.”
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“Usman's a veteran, and with that comes patience, skill.”
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“The world's patience with Putin's repeated pattern of malign behaviour has worn thin.”