#patience

Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: 'It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity. ↗

— James Keller

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Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot. But all too often the greedy eyes are only deceived; the fruit that seemed so precious is still green on the inside, and disrespected hands ungratefully toss aside what has so disappointed them. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Everybody going to be dead one day, just give them time. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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everything is ridiculous if one thinks of death ↗

— Thomas Bernhard

#critical-thinking #pain #patience #death

Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on the underside of a bush in late summer, viewing it as a sign of the unexpected munificence of a divine creator, but we became modern when we gave up on awaiting sporadic gifts from above and sought to render any pleasing sensation immediately and repeatedly available. ↗

— Alain de Botton

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We must remember balance and moderation. Patience can be spiritually enriching and virtuous… but when taken in excess, it turns to procrastination, the poison of inaction. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

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Patience and persistence are the keys... The keys to unlock doors of success... With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience. ↗

— Ogwo David Emenike

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Observation and expansion are two elements of meditation. While a teacher may guide you to have the right posture and give instruction on following the breath, no one can teach you about the experience. It comes through practice and patience. ↗

— Debra Moffitt

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Difficult times are pregnant with glory moments just waiting to be birthed in the lives of those willing to labor through the pain. ↗

— Sharon Jaynes

#hope #patience #trust #faith

God is an on time God.You may not see what's ahead of you, but with the patience and guidance from God, He will give you the desires of your heart. ↗

— Deborah N. Kabwang

#indurance-right-on-time #patience #faith