A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable.

Orson F. Whitney

How to be unhappy: stay inside all day, move as little as possible, spend more than you earn, take yourself (and life) too seriously, look for reasons why things won't work, always consume, never contribute, resent the lucky and successful, never say hello first, be unreliable.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. Do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.

Saint Francis de Sales

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.

When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and you pray for rain.

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