Patience is the companion of wisdom.-Augustine

It is hard to wait and press and pray, and hear no voice, but stay till God answers.-EMBounds

If you are affronted it is better to pass it by in silence, or with a jest, though with some dishonor, than to endeavor revenge. If you can keep reason above passion, that and watchfulness will be your best defenders.-Isaac Newton

It is better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today.-Thomas Fuller

At the least bear patiently, if thou canst not joyfully.-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.-Thomas a Kempis

Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back. -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.-Thomas Aquinas

Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.-William Gurnall

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.-Elisabeth Elliot

We must not stop listening any more than praying when we rise from our knees. No one questions the need of times of formal address to God, but few admit ...the need of quiet waiting upon God, gazing into His face, feeling for His hand, listening for His voice.-Charles H. Brent

What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live with them until such time as God delivers us from them. We must pray for grace to endure them without murmuring.-A.W. Tozer

Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or endure them unwillingly. AW TOZER

Patience is the queen of virtues.-John Chrysostom

Those who wait for God are pilgrim souls that have no tie that will hold them when the definite command is issued.-G. Campbell Morgan

Patience is a grace as difficult as it is necessary, and as hard to come by as it is precious when it is gained.-Charles Spurgeon

God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.-CSLewis

Peace does not dwell in outward things, but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive.-Francois Fenelon

Resign every forbidden joy; restrain every wish that is not referred to God's will; banish all eager desires, all anxiety; desire only the will of God; seek him alone and supremely, and you will find peace.-Francois Fenelon

Never let us be guilty of sacrificing any portion of truth on the altar of peace.-J.C.Ryle