Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break, our bonds of affection.

Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

To feel the intimacy of brothers is a marvelous thing in life.

To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

To do as one would be done by, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, constitute the ideal perfection of utilitarian morality.

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.

Work is love made visible.

You who suffer because you love, love still more. To die of love, is to live by it.

One beautiful heart is better than a thousand beautiful faces.

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.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

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

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

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owning more to patient attention, than to any other talent.

Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently.

Money grows on the tree of persistence.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

Continuous effort — not strength or intelligence — is the key to unlocking our potential.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.