In other words, the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, difficulty, or annoyance without getting angry or upset.
Check out my selected list of 11 sayings and wise words about patience.
“Patience is the companion of wisdom.” - Saint Augustine
patience, companion, wise
"Our patience will achieve more than our force." - Edmund Burke
achieve, force
"One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life." - Chinese Proverb
moment, ward, disaster, impatience, life
"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
adopt, pace, nature, secret
"Patience and time do more than strength or passion." - Jean de La Fontaine
time, strength, passion
“The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” - Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
powerful, warrior, time
"He that can have patience can have what he will." - Benjamin Franklin
will
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." - Phaedrus
bitter, sweet
"Patience is also a form of action." - Auguste Rodin
action
"Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience." - George-Louis de Buffon
genius, aptitude
"The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing." - Epictetus
power, opinion, wise, bearing