Khaled Hosseini Quotes

The hardest part of growing up is learning how to wait

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?

Delayed gratification is a sweet lesson whose teacher knows the best is not right now, it is yet to be.

I will count to 10 before tweeting.

I used to be a bit of a show-off at school, but I've calmed down now and learnt to censor myself.

I didn't stay patient enough at times, maybe.

Everybody has said or done the wrong thing and regretted it later, but at the time, you really couldn't help it! As you get older, you're more guarded, but that's a really tough process of learning, to be brutally honest, about some things and keeping your mouth shut about others.

You will be a happier person if you don't do what you want to do, most of the time

Grown-up people can wait.

I learned a lot about humility and patience, keeping my mouth shut.

Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.

Patience expands your options. If you insist on immediate gratification, your choices are severely limited.

If I've learned anything in my 30s, it's about holding back a little bit.

As a kid, I often figured it was good to be patient to a fault.

I used to fly off the handle in everyday life, but I'm a little calmer now.

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.

Now, I don't make decisions as fast as I used to.

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

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

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.

There's a very wild side to me, but it's calming down.

I found with this record I had to really be strong-willed, because in the past I've tended to tinker and add a thing or take a thing away, and nearly always been wrong.

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

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.