"Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself." ― Saint Francis de Sales Topic(s): Sympathy Tags: patience, things More From Saint Francis de Sales "Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength." "Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections." "There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust." More In Sympathy "Sympathy is something that shouldn’t be bestowed upon the Yankees. Apparently it angers them."― Bob Feller "Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children."― Michael Gove "Sympathy is the first condition of criticism."― Henri Frederic Amiel