“Beautiful things are difficult.” – Plato

“In the end, in search of useful wisdom, you could only come back to the most hackneyed concepts, like kindness, forbearance, infinite patience.” – Chad Harbach

“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

“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

“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.” – Randy Pausch

“Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.” – Khaled Hosseini

“Patience is needed with everyone, but first of all with ourselves.” – St. Frances De Sales