Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.

First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. The proceed to improve on the worst.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Old age is no place for sissies.

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

The obstacle in the path becomes that path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.

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

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

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.

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

Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.

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

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.