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“When it comes to the crusty behavior of some people, give them the benefit of the doubt. They may be drowning right before your eyes, but you can't see it. And you would never ask someone to drown with a smile on his face.”

Book:Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

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“Especially when we are afraid, angry, or confused, we may be tempted to give away bits of our freedom—or, less painfully, somebody else’s freedom—in the quest for direction and order. Bill Clinton observed that when people are uncertain, they’d rather have leaders who are strong and wrong than right and weak. Throughout history, demagogues have often outperformed democrats in generating popular fervor, and it is almost always because they are perceived to be more decisive and sure in their judgments. In times of relative tranquility, we feel we can afford to be patient. We understand that policy questions are complicated and merit careful thought. We want our leaders to consult experts, gather as much information as possible, test assumptions, and give us a chance to voice our opinions on the available options. We see long-term planning as necessary and deliberation as a virtue, but when we decide that action is urgently needed, our tolerance for delay disappears. In those moments, many of us no longer want to be asked, “What do you think?” We want to be told where to march. That is when Fascism gets its start: other options don’t seem enough.”

Politics Freedom Democracy Patience Leaders Fascism Demagogues

Book:Fascism: A Warning

Source: Fascism: A Warning

“They just had to be patient. Destiny would bring them what they needed, yet again.”

Destiny Patience

Book:Until The End Of Time

Source: Until The End Of Time

“There is any amount of love and good in the world, but you must search for it. Being misunderstood is one of the trials we all must bear. I think that even the most common-minded person in the land has inner thoughts and feelings which no one can share with him, and the higher one's organization the more one must suffer in that respect.”

Love Feminism Bravery Patience Pursuit Love Hurts Australian Literature Miles Franklin

Book:My Brilliant Career

Source: My Brilliant Career

“When people used to complain to the Buddha that they were upset, telling him, "Our children upset us; our partner agitates us," his simple reply would be, "You are not upset because of your children or your partner; you are upset because you are upsettable.”

Buddhism Patience

Book:The Mantram Handbook

Source: The Mantram Handbook

“If people who are in a difficulty will only do the first little reasonable thing which they can clearly recognize as reasonable, they will always find the next step more easy both to see and take.”

Self Improvement Patience

Book:The Way of All Flesh

Source: The Way of All Flesh

“The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing.”

Healing Influence Patience Sufism

Author:Hazrat Inayat Khan

“All the reasons you fell in love are still there, but perhaps buried under worries and responsibility. Find them again, then hang in there. Truly, the best is yet to come.”

Love Patience

Author:Laurie Paige

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