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"A dream can be nurtured over years and years and then flourish rapidly. . . . Be patient. It will happen for you. Sooner or later, life will get weary of beating on you and holding the door shut on you, and then it will let you in and throw you a real party!"	Les(ter Louis) Brown
"A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table."	Jean Kerr
"Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience."	Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Beware the fury of a patient man!"	John Dryden
"But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness."	1 Timothy 6:11 Bible
"Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you."	Thomas à Kempis
"Evil is a fact not to be explained away, but to be accepted; and accepted not to be endured, but to be conquered. It is a challenge neither to our reason nor to our patience, but to our courage."	John Andrew Holmes, Jr.
"Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."	George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
"God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. But because I happen to be a parent of almost fiercely maternal nature, I praise casualness . It seems to me the rarest of virtues. It is useful enough when children are small. It is important to the point of necessity when they are adolescents."	Phyllis McGinley
"Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake."	Victor Hugo
"He was a cowboy, mister, and he loved the land. He loved it so much he made a woman out of dirt and married her. But when he kissed her, she disintegrated. Later, at the funeral, when the preacher said, 'Dust to dust,' some people laughed, and the cowboy shot them. At his hanging, he told the others, 'I'll be waiting for you in heaven---with a gun.'"	Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]
"How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees."	William Shakespeare
"hy doesn't the past decently bury itself, instead of sitting waiting to be admired by the present?"	D(avid) H(erbert) Lawrence
"I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet."	Jesse Louis Jackson
"I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a 'transformer' in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader."	Stephen R. Covey
"I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable."	Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh
"I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable."	Joseph Addison
"I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there be no redress."	Elizabeth Montagu
"I scrambled to the top of the precipice where Nick was waiting. 'That was fun,' I said. 'You bet it was,' said Nick. 'Let's climb higher.' 'No,' I said. 'I think we should be heading back now.' 'We have time,' Nick insisted. I said we didn't, and Nick said we did. We argued back and forth like that for about 20 minutes, then finally decided to head back. I didn't say it was an interesting story."	Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]
"I wish there was a disease where you're afraid of clouds, because I think I could cure it. First, you sit the patient down and have a long personal talk. After that, I'm not sure, but maybe you could throw some water in his face or something."	Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]
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1 Timothy 6:11 Bible	Adel Bestavros	Alain
André Gide	Anne Spencer Morrow Lindbergh	Arnold H. Glasgow
Baltasar Gracian	Benjamin Haydon	Bible
Clive Staples Lewis	Daisaku Ideda	Dr. Samuel Johnson
D(avid) H(erbert) Lawrence	Edmund Burke	Elizabeth Montagu
E(li) Joseph Cossman	Franklin P. Adams	Franklin P. Jones
Franz Kafka	Garth Henrichs	George Jackson
George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon	George W. Cecil	Hal Borland
Harrison Ford	Helen Adams Keller	Herbert Hensley Henson
I Ching	Jack Handey [Deep Thoughts]	Jean de La Bruyère
Jean de La Fontaine	Jean Kerr	Jerry Coleman
Jesse Louis Jackson	Jim	John Andrew Holmes, Jr.
John B. Gough	John Dryden	John Quincy Adams
Joseph Addison	Leonardo da Vinci	Les(ter Louis) Brown
Marcus Aelius Aurelius	Martin Luther	Napolean Hill
Neill MacRae	Olga Brouman	Peter Marshall
Phyllis McGinley	Proverbs 25:15 Bible	Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saint Augustine	Sarah Brady	Sir Francis Bacon
Sir Isaac Newton	Stephen Levine	Stephen R. Covey
Thomas Henry Huxley	Thomas à Kempis	Victor Hugo
Wayne W(alter) Dyer	William Shakespeare	William Edgar Borah
William H(oward) Gass	Woody Allen