Tracy Chevalier Quotes

Patience is also a form of action.

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

I like dogs better [than people]. They give you unconditional love. They either lick your face or bite you, but you always know where they're coming from. With people, you never know which ones will bite. The difference between dogs and men is that you know where dogs sleep at night.

Dogs don't make mistakes.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

The greatest power is often simple patience.

The very important thing you should have is patience.

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

Things come to him who can wait.

Patience pays off.

If you want someone, you have to be willing to wait for them and trust that what you have is real and strong enough for them to wait for you. If somebody jumps ship for you, that fact will always haunt you because you'll know they're light on their feet. Spare yourself the paranoia and the pain and walk away until the coast is clear.

Fishermen and coaches have one thing in common: both need to be very patient.

Patience, increasing patience

Whatever you're doing, you must have patience.

I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.

Have patience, and endure

The dog’s agenda is simple, fathomable, overt: I want. “I want to go out, come in, eat something, lie here, play with that, kiss you. There are no ulterior motives with a dog, no mind games, no second-guessing, no complicated negotiations or bargains, and no guilt trips or grudges if a request is denied.

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

Dogs don't lie and why should I? Strangers come they growl and bark, they know their loved ones in the dark, Now let me, by night or day, Be just as full of truth as they.

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.

What can we do but keep on breathing in and out, modest and willing, and in our places?

We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still.

Hang there like fruit, my soul, Till the tree die!

There is magic in patience, you know.

Be patient. Your future will come to you and lie down at your feet like a dog who knows and loves you no matter what you are.