Everyone is waiting for something . . .
“Good things come to those who wait - but better things come to those who work for it.” -Author Unknown
“I was not born to wait.” -Gwenda Bond: “Double Down” (1 May 2016)
“I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955))
“Learn to have patience with people, just take it one step at a time in everything that you’re doing and just invest time in the people that you’re with . . . have patience with them, even if they’re not necessarily the easiest person to work with.” -Bethany Hamilton
“Have patience with all things, but first with yourself.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
Pay-Off
All things may come
To those who wait,
But when they do,
They’re out of date.
by George Hill
“Be patient with your impatience.” -Roy Masters (born 1928 as Reuben Obermeister)
“The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime.” -Croft M. Pentz (Croft Miner Pentz (1931 - 2008))
“Things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle*.” -attributed to Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
* hustle: to put forth effort energetically
“What is done hastily is not done well.” -Author Unknown
“Everything comes too late for those who only wait.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
Overheard: Patience is something that can only be learned by waiting.
“‘Patience is a virtue’ is always said by those who make others wait, and never by those who must wait.” -Author Unknown
“Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “Absalom and Achitophel” (1681), Part 1, line 1005; type of work: satiric poem
“Patience is the ability to count down without blasting off.” -Author Unknown
“You’re trying to eat grass that isn’t there. Why don’t you give it a chance to grow?” -Richard Adams (1920 - 2016): “Watership Down” (November 1972)
“If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” -Author Unknown
“There is, however, a limit at which forbearance* ceases to be a virtue.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797): “Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation”
*forbearance: patient self-control
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” -Arnold H. Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1998))
“Patience is powerful.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
“How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?” -Paul Sweeney (born 1955)
“In putting off what one has to do, one runs the risk of never being able to do it.” -Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)
Once upon a time, there was a man who was very impatient with other people. To him, everyone seemed to be too slow to understand and too slow to do the right things. Also to him, people seemed too quick to come to the wrong conclusions and too quick to do the wrong things. The more the man had to deal with people, the more impatient he became with them, so he decided that he must get away from people until he could learn how to be patient. He built himself a little home deep in the woods, and far away from civilization, and lived as a hermit. Years later, a man was hiking through the woods, and met the impatient man. The hiker was amazed to find anyone living so deep in the woods and so far away from the rest of the world, so he asked the man why he was there all by himself. The man said that he was there to learn patience. The hiker asked how long he had been living all alone in the woods, and the man replied, “Thirty-one years.” Stunned, the hiker asked, “If there are no other people around you, how will you know when you have learned to be patient?” Annoyed by this lengthy conversation, the impatient man replied, “Go away, I have no time for you.”
“You will develop patience if you wait long enough.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is also a form of action.” -Auguste Rodin (also known as François Auguste René Rodin and Auguste-René Rodin (1840 - 1917))
Macrophobia is a persistent fear of long waits. Personally, we are afraid of short waits. “The dentist will see you now.” “Oh, no . . . couldn’t we wait just a little longer?”
“Patience has its limits; take it too far, and it’s cowardice.” -Holbrook Jackson
“Lateness is rudeness - always. There is no such thing as being ‘fashionably late.’ If you are running late, call to let your host know.” -Author Unknown
‘Hurry up and wait!’ could be the slogan of many individuals and organizations. Military people are familiar with this saying. People with government appointments may have heard this saying. People with medical appointments may suspect that this is what is going on. You make all kinds of advance preparations in order to be absolutely certain that you have everything ready that they require, and you make sure that you are not just on time, but at least a few minutes early - and what happens? You are made to wait for hours, because the people who insisted that you show up prepared and on time did not make the same efforts to be sure they were prepared and on time to meet you! It can be hard not to feel that these people do not respect you and that they are stealing your time away from you.
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” -John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)
“All things come to those who wait - provided they work continually while waiting.” -Author Unknown
“All things come to him who goes after them.” -Author Unknown
“Patience with others is love. Patience with self is hope. Patience with God is faith.” -Adel Bestavros (Adel Azer Bestavros (1924 - 2005))
“Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.” -Author Unknown: French proverb
“How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Othello” (1603), Act ii, Scene 3
Overheard: Thank you for your patience.
“Patience is the greatest of all virtues.” -Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato (233 B.C.E. - 148 B.C.E.))
Overheard: If I’m not back in five minutes . . . just wait longer!
“Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.” -Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873))
“If you have been waiting for someone or something for so long that you can actually feel yourself getting older while you wait, then you know that you have been waiting too long.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger.” [translation to English]
“Furor fit læsa sæpius patientia.” [original Latin]
-Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.): “Sententiae,” Maxim 289
“Patience will come to him who waits for it.” -Author Unknown
“If the cat sits long enough at the hole, it will catch the mouse.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
“Patience is a key element of success.” -Bill Gates (William Henry ‘Bill’ Gates III (born 1955))
“It is better to have a Hen to Morrow, than an Egg to Day.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2916
“There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.” -Jacob K. Javits (Jacob Koppel Javits (1904 - 1986))
“Patience is not simply the ability to wait. It’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison)
“If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.” -Larry McMurtry (born 1936): “Some Can Whistle” (1989)
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” [translation to English]
“La patience est amère, mais son fruit est doux.” [original French]
-Jean Chardin (1643 - 1713): “Voyages en Perse et autres lieux de l’Orient” (1711), page 175
“Good things happen to those who wait. Better things happen to those who try.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.” -Roy T. Bennett
“Abused Patience turns to Fury.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 757
“When you are tempted to lose patience with someone, think how patient God has been with you all the time.” -Author Unknown
“You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder.” -Author Unknown
“No great thing is created suddenly.” -Epictetus (C.E. 55 - C.E. 135)
“Patience means self-suffering.” -Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi (1869 - 1948))
“Waiting is one thing, but when people force us to wait for an exorbitant amount of time, they are actually taking a part of our lives away from us, because time is a measure of life.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“He that can have patience can have what he will.” -Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (June 1736)
“Even the nicest person’s patience has a limit.” -Author Unknown
“I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.” -E. V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas (1868 - 1938)): “365 Days and One More” (1926), ‘October 3’
“Patience is the art of hoping.” [translation to English]
“La patience est l’art d’espérer.” [original French]
-Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715 - 1747): “Réflexions” (1746), CCLI
“Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.” -T. H. Huxley (Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895))
“Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.” -Guy Kawasaki (Guy Takeo Kawasaki (born 1954))
“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” -David G. Allen (born 1945)
“If you wait until all the lights are ‘green’ before you leave home, you’ll never get started on your trip to the top.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
“When you are tempted to lose patience with God, remember how patient God has been with you.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is a virtue. The Moon and the Sun learned long ago that, if each patiently waits its turn, they will both have their chance to shine.” -Author Unknown
“Please be patient. God has not finished with me yet.” -Author Unknown
“Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don’t give up.” -Author Unknown
This is life’s dilemma and it is sure as fate
Some things can’t be hurried and other things can’t wait.
-Author Unknown
Overheard: Good things take time.
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” -Augustine of Hippo (also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis and Aurelius Augustine (C.E. 354 - C.E. 430))
“Your capacity for patience will be rewarded eventually.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is the ability to let your light shine after your fuse has blown.” -Bob Levey
“A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.” -George Savile (also known as Lord Halifax (1633 - 1695))
“Even a waiter finally comes to him who waits.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is the ability to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming angry or upset.” -Author Unknown
“The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those who got there first.” -Author Unknown
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
The two most common meanings of patience are as follows.
1. To wait without being frustrated, angry, complaining, and so forth.
2. To understandingly bear with the faults of others.
“Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.” -Janette Oke (born 1935)
“I feel like I’m waiting for something that isn’t going to happen.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
“People wait all week for Friday, all year for Summer, all of a lifetime for happiness.” -Author Unknown
“Impatience never commanded success.” -Edwin H. Chapin (Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 - 1880)
A little boy was standing patiently at the bottom of an escalator in a big department store. A saleswoman asked him, “Sonny, are you lost?” The boy answered, “No ma’am, I’m waiting for my chewing gum to come back.”
“The man who is waiting for something to turn up might start on his shirt sleeves.” -Garth Henrichs (Garth Harold Henrichs, Senior (1903 - 2002))
“Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. Spring will come.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))
Overheard: Be patient with people - nobody is perfect.
“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” -Author Unknown
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970))
We can hardly wait to see what is coming up next . . . on MFOL!
“Good things come to those who wait - but better things come to those who work for it.” -Author Unknown
“I was not born to wait.” -Gwenda Bond: “Double Down” (1 May 2016)
“I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955))
“Learn to have patience with people, just take it one step at a time in everything that you’re doing and just invest time in the people that you’re with . . . have patience with them, even if they’re not necessarily the easiest person to work with.” -Bethany Hamilton
“Have patience with all things, but first with yourself.” -Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
Pay-Off
All things may come
To those who wait,
But when they do,
They’re out of date.
by George Hill
“Be patient with your impatience.” -Roy Masters (born 1928 as Reuben Obermeister)
“The secret of patience is to do something else in the meantime.” -Croft M. Pentz (Croft Miner Pentz (1931 - 2008))
“Things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle*.” -attributed to Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
* hustle: to put forth effort energetically
“What is done hastily is not done well.” -Author Unknown
“Everything comes too late for those who only wait.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))
Overheard: Patience is something that can only be learned by waiting.
“‘Patience is a virtue’ is always said by those who make others wait, and never by those who must wait.” -Author Unknown
“Beware the Fury of a Patient Man.” -John Dryden (1631 - 1700): “Absalom and Achitophel” (1681), Part 1, line 1005; type of work: satiric poem
“Patience is the ability to count down without blasting off.” -Author Unknown
“You’re trying to eat grass that isn’t there. Why don’t you give it a chance to grow?” -Richard Adams (1920 - 2016): “Watership Down” (November 1972)
“If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.” -Author Unknown
“There is, however, a limit at which forbearance* ceases to be a virtue.” -Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797): “Observations on a Late Publication on the Present State of the Nation”
*forbearance: patient self-control
“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.” -Arnold H. Glasow (Arnold Henry Glasow (1905 - 1998))
“Patience is powerful.” -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
“How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?” -Paul Sweeney (born 1955)
“In putting off what one has to do, one runs the risk of never being able to do it.” -Charles Baudelaire (1821 - 1867)
Once upon a time, there was a man who was very impatient with other people. To him, everyone seemed to be too slow to understand and too slow to do the right things. Also to him, people seemed too quick to come to the wrong conclusions and too quick to do the wrong things. The more the man had to deal with people, the more impatient he became with them, so he decided that he must get away from people until he could learn how to be patient. He built himself a little home deep in the woods, and far away from civilization, and lived as a hermit. Years later, a man was hiking through the woods, and met the impatient man. The hiker was amazed to find anyone living so deep in the woods and so far away from the rest of the world, so he asked the man why he was there all by himself. The man said that he was there to learn patience. The hiker asked how long he had been living all alone in the woods, and the man replied, “Thirty-one years.” Stunned, the hiker asked, “If there are no other people around you, how will you know when you have learned to be patient?” Annoyed by this lengthy conversation, the impatient man replied, “Go away, I have no time for you.”
“You will develop patience if you wait long enough.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is also a form of action.” -Auguste Rodin (also known as François Auguste René Rodin and Auguste-René Rodin (1840 - 1917))
Macrophobia is a persistent fear of long waits. Personally, we are afraid of short waits. “The dentist will see you now.” “Oh, no . . . couldn’t we wait just a little longer?”
“Patience has its limits; take it too far, and it’s cowardice.” -Holbrook Jackson
“Lateness is rudeness - always. There is no such thing as being ‘fashionably late.’ If you are running late, call to let your host know.” -Author Unknown
‘Hurry up and wait!’ could be the slogan of many individuals and organizations. Military people are familiar with this saying. People with government appointments may have heard this saying. People with medical appointments may suspect that this is what is going on. You make all kinds of advance preparations in order to be absolutely certain that you have everything ready that they require, and you make sure that you are not just on time, but at least a few minutes early - and what happens? You are made to wait for hours, because the people who insisted that you show up prepared and on time did not make the same efforts to be sure they were prepared and on time to meet you! It can be hard not to feel that these people do not respect you and that they are stealing your time away from you.
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” -John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)
“All things come to those who wait - provided they work continually while waiting.” -Author Unknown
“All things come to him who goes after them.” -Author Unknown
“Patience with others is love. Patience with self is hope. Patience with God is faith.” -Adel Bestavros (Adel Azer Bestavros (1924 - 2005))
“Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.” -Author Unknown: French proverb
“How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Othello” (1603), Act ii, Scene 3
Overheard: Thank you for your patience.
“Patience is the greatest of all virtues.” -Cato the Elder (Marcus Porcius Cato (233 B.C.E. - 148 B.C.E.))
Overheard: If I’m not back in five minutes . . . just wait longer!
“Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.” -Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873))
“If you have been waiting for someone or something for so long that you can actually feel yourself getting older while you wait, then you know that you have been waiting too long.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“An over-taxed patience gives way to fierce anger.” [translation to English]
“Furor fit læsa sæpius patientia.” [original Latin]
-Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.): “Sententiae,” Maxim 289
“Patience will come to him who waits for it.” -Author Unknown
“If the cat sits long enough at the hole, it will catch the mouse.” -Author Unknown: Irish proverb
“Patience is a key element of success.” -Bill Gates (William Henry ‘Bill’ Gates III (born 1955))
“It is better to have a Hen to Morrow, than an Egg to Day.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2916
“There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.” -Jacob K. Javits (Jacob Koppel Javits (1904 - 1986))
“Patience is not simply the ability to wait. It’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” -Joyce Meyer (born 1943 as Pauline Joyce Hutchison)
“If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.” -Larry McMurtry (born 1936): “Some Can Whistle” (1989)
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” [translation to English]
“La patience est amère, mais son fruit est doux.” [original French]
-Jean Chardin (1643 - 1713): “Voyages en Perse et autres lieux de l’Orient” (1711), page 175
“Good things happen to those who wait. Better things happen to those who try.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.” -Roy T. Bennett
“Abused Patience turns to Fury.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 757
“When you are tempted to lose patience with someone, think how patient God has been with you all the time.” -Author Unknown
“You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder.” -Author Unknown
“No great thing is created suddenly.” -Epictetus (C.E. 55 - C.E. 135)
“Patience means self-suffering.” -Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi (1869 - 1948))
“Waiting is one thing, but when people force us to wait for an exorbitant amount of time, they are actually taking a part of our lives away from us, because time is a measure of life.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“He that can have patience can have what he will.” -Benjamin Franklin (Benjamin ‘Ben’ Franklin (1706 - 1790)): “Poor Richard’s Almanack” (June 1736)
“Even the nicest person’s patience has a limit.” -Author Unknown
“I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.” -E. V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas (1868 - 1938)): “365 Days and One More” (1926), ‘October 3’
“Patience is the art of hoping.” [translation to English]
“La patience est l’art d’espérer.” [original French]
-Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (1715 - 1747): “Réflexions” (1746), CCLI
“Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.” -T. H. Huxley (Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 - 1895))
“Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.” -Guy Kawasaki (Guy Takeo Kawasaki (born 1954))
“Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” -David G. Allen (born 1945)
“If you wait until all the lights are ‘green’ before you leave home, you’ll never get started on your trip to the top.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
“When you are tempted to lose patience with God, remember how patient God has been with you.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is a virtue. The Moon and the Sun learned long ago that, if each patiently waits its turn, they will both have their chance to shine.” -Author Unknown
“Please be patient. God has not finished with me yet.” -Author Unknown
“Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don’t give up.” -Author Unknown
This is life’s dilemma and it is sure as fate
Some things can’t be hurried and other things can’t wait.
-Author Unknown
Overheard: Good things take time.
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” -Augustine of Hippo (also known as Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis and Aurelius Augustine (C.E. 354 - C.E. 430))
“Your capacity for patience will be rewarded eventually.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is the ability to let your light shine after your fuse has blown.” -Bob Levey
“A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.” -George Savile (also known as Lord Halifax (1633 - 1695))
“Even a waiter finally comes to him who waits.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is the ability to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without becoming angry or upset.” -Author Unknown
“The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those who got there first.” -Author Unknown
“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
The two most common meanings of patience are as follows.
1. To wait without being frustrated, angry, complaining, and so forth.
2. To understandingly bear with the faults of others.
“Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.” -Janette Oke (born 1935)
“I feel like I’m waiting for something that isn’t going to happen.” -Author Unknown
“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.” -Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
“People wait all week for Friday, all year for Summer, all of a lifetime for happiness.” -Author Unknown
“Impatience never commanded success.” -Edwin H. Chapin (Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 - 1880)
A little boy was standing patiently at the bottom of an escalator in a big department store. A saleswoman asked him, “Sonny, are you lost?” The boy answered, “No ma’am, I’m waiting for my chewing gum to come back.”
“The man who is waiting for something to turn up might start on his shirt sleeves.” -Garth Henrichs (Garth Harold Henrichs, Senior (1903 - 2002))
“Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. Spring will come.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))
Overheard: Be patient with people - nobody is perfect.
“Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” -Author Unknown
“Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon Hill (1883 - 1970))
We can hardly wait to see what is coming up next . . . on MFOL!
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