"How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?" ― William Shakespeare Topic(s): Patience More From William Shakespeare "Love sought is good, but given unsought, is better." "Love is too young to know what conscience is." "And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything." More In Patience "Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one’s patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days."― Joshua Slocum "Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come."― Robert H. Schuller "We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future."― King Hussein I