Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example.

When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

We ought not to let either our joy at their faults or our grief at their success be idle, but in either case we ought to reflect, how we may become better than them by avoiding their errors, and by imitating their virtues not come short of them.

A patient man will eat ripe fruit.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment.

No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence—natural ability notwithstanding.

Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.

Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. As something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. It passes on; do not detain it. Or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. So act toward children, so act toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.