Lyman Abbott Quotes

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

Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Let us love temperately, things violent last not.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.

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

I try to have as much patience as possible.

Always maintain your composure.

Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

I was never, ever once angry in the ring.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

Patience means restraining one's inclinations.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.

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

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity

I have never seen my own husband ruffled which must require a certain amount of self-control.

There comes a time when you have to exercise patience.

I've got to really try and manage my patience out there.

You don't have to be angry and become an ugly person.

I still have to work on patience.

I have to say that to myself a lot - to be patient.

I'm no table flipper. I am more calm and collected in my fights.

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