Jean de la Bruyere Quotes

He who knows how to wait for what he desires does not feel very desperate if he fails in obtaining it; and he, on the contrary, who is very impatient in procuring a certain thing, takes so much pains about it, that, even when he is successful, he does not think himself sufficiently rewarded.

Patience, increasing patience

Don't be impatient when it takes too long. Or drink it all even when it tastes to strong.

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.

It's hard to remain patient when it seems so debilitating to do so. The balance comes with staying ambitious while being patient.

Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

Not every one of our desires can be immediately gratified. We’ve got to learn to wait patiently for our dreams to come true, especially on the path we’ve chosen.

If you are patient...and wait long enough...Nothing will happen

I'm someone who thinks that where there's a void, I need to fill it, but I'm trying to have patience and a little bit of discipline.

He who awaits much can expect little.

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

Impatience is a virtue.

After you do this for a while, you get used to things not working the way you want them to. There's a job you want, and you don't get it. There's a movie you'd like to get made, and it doesn't get made. You become inured to it.

To Thetis, Long overdue, I know, but every often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle. That is a human truth, I think. Even Peleus knew that. -Seth

Your passion must be tempered with patience. Maybe long-suffering patience would be a better word.

We all get our dreams stamped on from time to time, right? And if it didn’t hurt, what kind of second-rate dreams would they be?

Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.

I have patience in all things - as far as the antechamber.

Experience has further taught me this, that we ruin ourselves by impatience.

Why is patience so important?" "Because it makes us pay attention.

To lose patience is to lose the battle.

Sufre mas el que espera siempre que aquel que nunca espero a nadie? Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who’s never waited for anyone?

I've always been slow but I'm even slower now. I'm more into the waiting, or I guess I'm more patient about the waiting.

It is difficult to be patient but to waste the rewards of patience is worse.

The race is long. It is better to drive within oneself and finish the race behind the other than it is to drive too hard and crash.