Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.
True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep.
I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.
People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.
He preacheth patience that never knew pain.
So it’s been a slow process and it’s taken some patience. That’s why patients are called patients I think – patience is required.
The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.
It’s amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I’ve received and the love I get from them is just amazing.
If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.
I’ve said my patience is not infinite.
I’ve learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.
I wish I was a shredder that could play everything, but I don’t have the patience.
I have not the smarts or patience for political office.
Patience was not my strong point.
Temperamentally I’m not a natural producer, because I don’t have the patience.
Because I’m the author of my screenplays I know what I’m looking for. It’s true that I can be stubborn in demanding that I get what I want, but it’s also a question of working with patience and love.
My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them – their patience, their warmth, their dedication.
Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
You know, I lose patience really easily; I’d rather shop in the grocery store than in the department store. I can pick an apple like nobody’s business.
Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.
Honestly, I didn’t have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions.
I don’t have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.
Give your dog or cat respect, patience, understanding and love. And if you just change to one vegetarian day a week, that’s a wonderful step that will save animal lives. It means you have chosen something kind instead of something cruel.
I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.
Americans have less and less patience for the intrusive and divisive moral scolds who thrived in the bubbles of the Clinton and Bush years.
