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“How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?” —William Shakespeare (1564-1616), dramatist, poet “A leaf that is supposed to grow is full of wrinkles and creases before it develops; if one doesn’t have the patience and wants the leaf to be as smooth as a willow leaf from the start, then there is a problem.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), philosopher, scientist, author “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” —Japanese Proverb “Work is love made visible.” —Khalil Gibran (1883– 1931), artist, poet, and writer “Patience: To wait with certainity; the art of allowing life to carry you” —chinese proverb “It takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness.” —George Santayana (1863-1952), philosopher, poet “He who knows patience knows peace.” —Chinese proverb “Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” —Hal Borland (1900-1978), memoirist, author “How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?” —William Shakespeare (1564-1616), dramatist, poet “Patience is a remedy for every sorrow.” —Publius Syrus (ca. 100 B.C.), Latin moralist “Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.” —Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom “He that has patience may compass anything.” —François Rabelais (1494-1553), writer “A leaf that is supposed to grow is full of wrinkles and creases before it develops; if one doesn't have the patience and wants the leaf to be as smooth as a willow leaf from the start, then there is a problem.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), philosopher, scientist, author “The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future. We let go the present, which we have in our power, and look forward to that which depends upon chance, and so relinquish a certainty for an uncertainty.” —Seneca (4 B.C.-65 A.D.), Roman statesman, philosopher “Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.” —Joseph Addison (1672-1719), essayist, dramatist “With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.” —Chinese proverb “With love and patience, nothing is impossible.” —Dr. Daisaku Ideda “A handfull of patience is worth a bushel of brains.” —Dutch proverb “The greatest power is often simple patience.” —E. Joseph Cossman (b. 1918), author “Patience and time do more than strength or passion.” —Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695), author, fabulist “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” —John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), 6th U.S. president “Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them—every day begin the task anew.” —Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Roman Catholic saint “Patience is the companion of wisdom.” —Saint Augustine (354-430), Roman Catholic saint “Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.” —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), biologist “Lack of patience in small matters can create havoc in great ones.” —Chinese proverb
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