George Herbert Quotes

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, like seasoned timber, never gives.

If there is anything that gives kingliness to the soul, it is patience. What was the secret of the masters who have accomplished great things, who have inspired many and who have helped many souls? Their secret was patience.

Character is the virtue of hard times.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

True valor, on virtue founded strong, meets all events alike.

Sometimes it's easy to go where the wind blows, but those that stand firmly planted are forces to be reckoned with.

Patience is a godly attribute that can heal souls, unlock treasures of knowledge and understanding, and transform ordinary men and women into saints and angels. Patience is truly a fruit of the Spirit. Patience means staying with something until the end. It means delaying immediate gratification for future blessings.

The way I see it, a person isn't nothing more than a scarecrow... The only difference between one that stands up good and one that blows over is what kind of a stick they're stuck up there on.

Patience is a grace as difficult as it is necessary, and as hard to come by as it is precious when it is gained.

Soul of fibre and heart of oak.

Possess your soul with patience.

Patience has the meaning of testing-a thing drawn out and tested, drawn out to the last strand in a strain without breaking, and ending in sheer joy. The strain on a violin string when stretched to the uttermost gives it its strength; and the stronger the strain, the finer is the sound of our life for God, and He never strains more than we are able to bear.

Endurance involves much more than putting up with a situation; Patient Endurance is more than pacing up and down within the cell of circumstance. True Enduring represents not merely the passage of time, . . . but the Passage of Soul.

Patience is moral elasticity.

That tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew.

Why doesn't constant trampling defeat the dandelion? The key to its strength is its long and sturdy root, which extends deep into the earth. The same priciple applies to people. The true victors in life are those who, enduring repeated challenges and setbacks, have sent the roots of their being to such a depth that nothing can shake them.

The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.

Courage is the most important virtue because it is the hardest.

The stronger the winds, the deeper the roots, and the longer the winds, the more beautiful the tree.

Character produces endurance and persistence when the going gets tough, and life truly is an endurance race, not a sprint.

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.

It is in length of patience, endurance and forbearance that so much of what is good in mankind and womankind is shown.