There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.

He who rides the sea of the Nile must have sails woven of patience.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.