Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Haneke

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.

Masashi Kishimoto

There's no advantage to hurrying through life." -Shikamaru Nara

Mason Cooley

Great men wait for the right moment to abandon caution. The rest of us abandon it when impatience becomes too much for us.

Martin Yan

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.

Michael Chiklis

Patience has never been my strong suit.

Margaret Thatcher

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

Marshall Field

More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power of kindness; 11) The wisdom of economy; 12) The virtue of patience.

It takes patience because you have to be willing to get the wrong answers. But in the end, it's a better technique.

A little calm, a little patience. The will of the people will be respected. The victory will not be stolen.

I just say thanks for their patience. But I'm going to rebuild Eden.

We thank our riders for their patience and forbearance.

James Robertson

There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.

James Russell Lowell

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Laurence Sterne

When the precipitancy of a man's wishes hurries on his ideas ninety times faster than the vehicle he rides in--woe be to truth!

Larry Hagman

There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.

Henry Rollins

I have not the smarts or patience for political office.

Hazrat Inayat Khan

The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing.

Mahatma Gandhi

To lose patience is to lose the battle.

John Ciardi

Patience is the art of caring slowly.

Patience! Patience! Patience is the invention of dullards and sluggards. In a well-regulated world there should be no need of such a thing as patience.

Randy Johnson

Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.

Randy Pausch

Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.

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.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.

Rainer Maria Rilke

I learn it every day of my life, learn it with pain I am grateful for: patience is everything!

Rainer Maria Rilke

Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.

George W. Bush

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.

George Tenet

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.

Christina Milian

My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.

Herman Melville

Great towers take time to construct.

Henry David Thoreau

Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.

Jeffrey Katzenberg

I haven't got a lot of patience.