Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

Swami Vivekananda

Love will come to you when it's ready, not necessarily when you are.

Danielle Shorr

I was taught the way of progress is neither swift nor easy.

Marie Curie

The key is to trust in your preparation. You have done all you can, so the result, however important, will not define you. The journey is what matters.

Chrissie Wellington

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

Everything comes if a man will only wait.

Benjamin Disraeli