Famous
Patience Quotes
"Patience is the ability to idle
your motor when you feel like stripping your gears."
Barbara Johnson
"Genius is nothing but a greater
aptitude for patience."
Benjamin Franklin
"It is strange... that the years
teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the
greater our capacity for waiting."
Elizabeth Taylor
“Genius is nothing but a greater
aptitude for patience.”
George L. Buffon
"If I have made any valuable
discoveries, it has been owing more to patient
attention than to any other talent."
Sir Isaac Newton
"Patience is the companion of
wisdom."
Saint Augustine
"Our patience will achieve more than
our force."
Edmund Burke
“It’s not that I’m so smart,
it’s just that I stay with problems longer.“
Albert Einstein
“Little drops of water wear down big
stones.”
Russian Proverb
“Patience and perseverance have a
magical effect before which difficulties disappear
and obstacles vanish.”
John Quincy Adams
"The key to everything is patience.
You get the chicken by hatching the egg -- not by
smashing it."
Arnold Glasow
"An ounce of patience is worth a
pound of brains."
Dutch Proverb
"Patience is something you admire in
the driver behind you, but not in one ahead."
Bill Mcglashen
It takes 20 years to make an
overnight success.
Eddie Cantor