Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Abraham Lincoln

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

Soren Kierkegaard

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

Margaret Thatcher

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

Winnie the Pooh

And Ease My Task for me.

Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.

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