“Drop by drop is the picture filled.” – Buddha

“Nothing great is produced suddenly.” – Epictetus

“So much of this was patience — waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.” – Gary Paulsen

“Adopt the pace of Nature. Her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.” – Samuel Johnson

“Just be quiet and patient. Let evil and unpleasantness pass quietly over you. Do not try to avoid them. On the contrary, observe them carefully. Let active understanding take the place of reflex irritation, and you will grow out of your trouble. Men can achieve greatness only by surmounting their own littleness.” – Franz Kafka

“Without patience, we will learn less in life. We will see less. We will feel less.” – Mother Teresa

“Some lessons can’t be taught, they simply have to be learned.” – Jodi Picoult

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” – Alan Watts

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau