The two hardest tests on the spiritual road are the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what we encounter.

Paulo Coelho

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How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be patient, until the judgement of your lord comes, For surely you are before Our eyes.

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

Jean de La Bruyère

No discipline seems pleasant at the time but painful later on. However, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Soren Kierkegaard

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

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