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Patience

Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill. – Gail Simmons

You have to find the peace and patience within yourself to be a model and an example to others and not judge. – Judith Light

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. – Ernie Banks

In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business. – Brett Ratner

When I was in the first grade I was afraid of the teacher and had a miserable time in the reading circle, a difficulty that was overcome by the loving patience of my second grade teacher. Even though I could read, I refused to do so. – Beverly Cleary

I have no patience at all. – Alan Sugar

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better. – Herman Hesse

The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. – Tokugawa Ieyasu

And we ask the American people to play an important part of our layered defense. We ask for cooperation, patience and a commitment to vigilance in the face of a determined enemy. – Janet Napolitano

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. – Elihu Root

Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair. – Matthew Arnold

Is the patience of the American people that long suffering? Is there no outrage left in the country? – Andrew Greeley

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. – Leon Jouhaux

Patience is passion tamed. – Lyman Abbott

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. – Jenny Agutter

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. – Gustavo Dudamel

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience. – Thomas Perry

Americans have less and less patience for the intrusive and divisive moral scolds who thrived in the bubbles of the Clinton and Bush years. – Frank Rich

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience – I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed. – Cee Lo Green

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited. – Tom Lantos