Deirdre O'Kane Quotes

Patience, increasing patience

You mistake patience for forbearance.

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.

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

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

If you want plenty of experience in dealing with difficult people, then have kids.

I don't have children of my own so I can't say I know the plight of being a parent, but I can kinda understand some of the complexities of it.

I'm patient.

Parenthood is a very, very intense experience.

The very important thing you should have is patience.

Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.

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

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

Patience is the best medicine.

Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

I wish I had more patience.

There is nothing so humbling as being a parent to young children!

I have learned that raising children is the single most difficult thing in the world to do. It takes hard work, love, luck, and a lot of energy, and it is the most rewarding experience that you can ever have.

Be patient. Patience is the mother of all virtues.

I still have to work on patience.

I try to have as much patience as possible.

Our duty is to be patient.

To put up with me, you have to be patient.

No one tells you how hard being a parent is! We could have had a warning! It is literally the hardest thing I've ever done but I'm loving it.

Taking care of children was not something I was good at.