Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old patience quotes, patience sayings, and patience proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
A weed is a plant we've found no use for yet. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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All in good time. Horace
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Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. Publilius Syrus
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At the bottom of patience one finds heaven.Kanuri (West African) (on patience)
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At the gate of patience there is no crowding.Moroccan (on patience)
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Bear and forbear. unknown
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By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable. Benjamin Franklin
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Don't cross the bridge til you come to it. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Don't cry before you are hurt. Scottish Proverb
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Don't expect things to go right the first time. unknown
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Don't halloo until you're out of the wood. Benjamin Franklin
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Don't let anyone get your goat. unknown
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Don't put the cart before the horse. John Heywood
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Drive gently over the stones. Jonathan Swift
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Everything comes to those who wait. unknown
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Genius is only a great aptitude for patience. Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
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God did not create hurry. Finnish (on balance and moderation)
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Grain by grain a loaf, stone by stone, a castle. Yugoslavian (on patience)
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Haste has no blessing.Swahili (East African) (on patience)
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Haste makes waste. John Heywood
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls. Robert Greene
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Keep your shirt on. American Saying
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Never change horses in midstream. Abraham Lincoln
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Never cut what can be untied. Portuguese Proverb
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One step at a time. unknown
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Patience is a virtue. unknown
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Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet. French Proverb
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Patience is the companion of wisdom. St. Augustine
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The continuous drip polishes the stone.Peruvian (on patience)
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The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey seems.Maori (on journeys; Ed. Note: Parents everywhere can certainly relate to this saying!)