 Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| Thy peace shall be in much patience. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will? Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back. Author: Thomas a Kempis |
| To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin. Author: Thomas Aquinas |
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| Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another. Author: William Gurnall |
| Affect not little shifts and subterfuges to avoid the force of an argument. Author: Isaac Watts |
| The will of God is never exactly what you expect it to be. It may seem to be much worse, but in the end it's going to be a lot better and a lot bigger. Author: Elisabeth Elliot |
| A man must not stop listening any more than praying when he rises from his knees. No one questions the need of times of formal address to God, but few admit in any practical way the need of quiet waiting upon God, gazing into His face, feeling for His hand, listening for His voice. Author: Charles H. Brent |
| The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord. Author: Joni Eareckson Tada |
| There is a fruit of the Spirit that must accompany the gift of healing and that is longsuffering. Author: Smith Wigglesworth |
