My rule of thumb for hitchhiking is: stick it up straight and proud and make if visible to all drivers.

Jarod Kintz

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Helen Keller

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.

Stephen Covey

Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.

David Allen

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

Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

Anne Lamott