Roger Federer Quotes

I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!

I've become a lot more tolerant; I think before I talk. I can take a lot now. I don't get as angry as I used to. Whenever I do, I channel my anger into my work.

I think we can all use a little more patience. I get a little impatient sometimes and I wish I didn't. I really need to be more patient.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it's up to me to choose to develop them.

I have learned to be patient.

Be gentle and kind with every one, and severe with yourself.

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

Patience is a virtue, and I'm learning patience. It's a tough lesson.

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself.

It's in the act of having to do things that you don't want to that you learn something about moving past the self. Past the ego.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

I couldn't make sense of things. But then I began the process of civilising myself and trying to become a decent human being. I'm still working on it.

Most of us actually stifle enough good impulses during the course of a day to change the current of our lives.

I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.

I think I have more patience now than I did in the past.

For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

As wonderful as they were, my parents didn't teach me anything about self-discipline, concentration, patience, or focus. If I hadn't had a family myself, I probably never would've done anything. Marriage taught me responsibility.

I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.

I think patience is a skill and I wish I had it.