It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience. – Horace Bushnell
Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves. – Horace Bushnell
As a young boy, I read Cheaper by the Dozen and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience. – Ridley Pearson