Dieter F. Uchtdorf Quotes

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.

Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love.

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

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.

The fruit of patience in all its aspects - long-suffering, forbearance, endurance, and perseverance - is a fruit that is most intimately associated with our devotion to God. All character traits of godliness grow out of and have their foundation in our devotion to God, but the fruit of patience must grow out of that relationship in a particular way.

Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.

Be patient. Patience is the mother of all virtues.

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.

I learn it every day of my life, learn it with pain I am grateful for: patience is everything!

Patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can - working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!

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

Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering and self-mastery.

I want to accept all the difficulties that face me in life with perseverance and patience.

Strength comes from waiting.

Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

Patience is moral elasticity.

Fortify courage with the true rampart of patience.

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

May you find in yourself enough patience to endure and enough simplicity to have faith.

Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.

Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.