John Irving Quotes

Patience, increasing patience

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

Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience.

Time can but make it easier to be wise / Though now it seems impossible, and so / All that you need is patience.

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

Whatever you're doing, you must have patience.

The patience is in the living. Time opens out to you.

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.

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

I've accrued a kind of patience, I believe, loosely like change.

It took me a lifetime.

As time goes on, you'll understand. What lasts, lasts; what doesn't, doesn't. Time solves most things. And what time can't solve, you have to solve yourself.

There is magic in patience, you know.

Our problem is that we often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required.

when one has learned to wait patiently, one has learned to live.

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

Patience obtains everything.

The very important thing you should have is patience.

Patience pays off.

Be willing to wait longer for you goals to bear fruit than you had anticipated.

Patience is not just about waiting for something... it's about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

Infinite patience gets you immediate results.

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

All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.