He who has been smitten with the love of God & the wonder of the cross can never again be tolerant in things that touch his soul & the souls of his fellow men. He will live beside, be patient with, minister to, pray for & love anyone, but never will he compromise the truth
—Tozer
God of patience and endurance,
Steadfast as the steadfast stars
Stands Thy promise, Thine assurance
Unto Thine ambassadors:
I, thy God, will strengthen thee . . .
Where I am, there thou shalt be.
—Amy Carmichael
“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.”
“Extreme patience combined with extreme decisiveness. You may call that our investment process. Yes, it’s that simple.”
“Let us seek more faith, more love, more patience, more zeal: let us labour after greater charity, greater brotherly kindness, greater humbleness of spirit.”
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
—Voltaire
When I think what an aid tobacco is to friendship and Christian patience, I have sometimes regretted that I never began to smoke.
—J. Gresham Machen
“Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ can make poverty to be sweet, and sickness to be borne with patience.”
– Charles Spurgeon
Why should we be indignant about slanders directed against a human friend, while at the same time we are patient about the basest slanders directed against our God?
—J. Gresham Machen
Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?
—Laozi
Patience and tranquility of mind contribute more to cure our distempers as the whole art of medicine.
—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I am not thoughtless but am prepared for anything and as a result can wait patiently for whatever the future holds in store, and I’ll be able to endure it.
—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
—Immanuel Kant
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.
—Charlie Chaplin
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
—Aristotle
Looking back, there is so much to grieve over. We can see nothing at all in ourselves to praise, but so much in our Savior. His patience has never failed. He has never given up hope for us. There is something very heartening in this.
—Amy Carmichael
God of patience and endurance,
Steadfast as the steadfast stars
Stands Thy promise, Thine assurance
Unto Thine ambassadors:
I, thy God, will strengthen thee . . .
Where I am, there thou shalt be.
—Amy Carmichael
Even in the midst of various temptations, those that are enabled in patience to possess their souls, can witness, not only quietness of spirit, but triumph and exultation.
—John Wesley
Freely give means to give lavishly. What do I need today? Strength? Peace? Patience? Heavenly joy? Industry? Good temper? Power to help others? Inward contentment? Courage? Whatever it be, my God will lavish it upon me.
—Amy Carmichael
God is patient to wait, but I think we sometimes try to use His patience as a cover for our slackness.
—Amy Carmichael
His mercy & grace are infinite & His patient understanding is beyond measure, but He will not aid men in their selfish striving after personal gain. He will not help men to attain ends which, when attained, usurp the place He by every right should hold in their affection.
—Tozer
He who has been smitten with the love of God & the wonder of the cross can never again be tolerant in things that touch his soul & the souls of his fellow men. He will live beside, be patient with, minister to, pray for & love anyone, but never will he compromise the truth
—Tozer
If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent
—Isaac Newton
“Infinite patience! Immeasurable longsuffering! where are ye to be found save in the breast of the Well-beloved? Surely the hoe has spared many of us simply and only because he who is meek and lowly in heart is the gardener.”
– Charles Spurgeon
Most men need patience to die, but a saint that understands what death admits him to should rather need patience to live.
—John Flavel
The sufferings of His soul were the very soul of His sufferings. Did Christ bear such a burden for me with unbroken patience and constancy, and shall I shrink back from momentary and light afflictions for Him?
—John Flavel
“None but God could have had patience with some of us!”
– Charles Spurgeon
Be patient. Wait on the Lord for whatever He appoints, wait quietly, wait trustingly.
Elisabeth Elliot
The law reveals no patience or forbearance in God; it speaks, as to the issue of transgressions, nothing but sword and fire, had not God interposed by an act of sovereignty.
—John Owen
There are many glimpses of the patience of God shining out in the works of his providence; but all exceedingly beneath that discovery of it which we have in Christ
—John Owen