#patience

The word 'jihad' has nowhere been used in the Qur'an to mean war in the sense of launching an offensive. It is used rather to mean 'struggle'. the action most consistently called for in the Qur'an is the exercise of patience. (p. 7-8) ↗

— Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

#patience #qur-an #islam

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

— Thomas a Kempis

#although #commend #few #men #practice

My impression is that most women public service workers have a long fuse. Precisely because they care so deeply about services, more than anyone, they still want to find a sensible and fair negotiated agreement. But their patience has run out. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#agreement #anyone #because #care #deeply

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? ↗

— William Shakespeare

#degrees #did #ever #heal #how

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting. ↗

— Elizabeth Taylor

#capacity #greater #our #our time #patience

I think God's really blessed me with patience. I'm good with a lot of things going on at once. ↗

— Niki Taylor

#god #going #good #i #i think

Patience is the art of hoping. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#art #hoping

To understand a difficult topic like Iraq takes patience and care. Unfortunately, you rarely hear a patient, careful or thoughtful discussion of intelligence these days. ↗

— George Tenet

#careful #days #difficult #discussion #hear

Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. ↗

— Philip Massinger

#beggar #find #harbor #here #shall

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

#ago #bear #carved #cell #condemned