P Quotes
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“Patience's breath caught. Her lids fell. Wordlessly, she lifted her face, offering her lips.
He took them, took her- as their lips fused, Patience felt his hands slide lower, deliberately tracing the ripe hemispheres of her bottom. He filled his hands, then kneaded- heat spread, prickling over her skin, leaving it fevered. Cupping her firm flesh, he molded her to him, easing her deeper into the V of his braced thighs.
She felt the evidence of his desire, felt the hard, heavy, throbbing reality pressed against her soft belly. He held her there, senses fully awake, fully aware, for one achingly intense instant, then his tongue slowly surged, thrusting deep into the softness of her mouth.
Patience would have gasped, but she couldn't. The evocative caress, his unhurried possession of her mouth, sent heat rolling through her. It pooled, hot and heavy, in her loins. As the kiss drew her in, drew her deeper, a heady languor spread, weighting her limbs, slowing her senses.
But not muting them.
She was achingly aware. Aware of the hardness that surrounded her, of the steely flex of hard muscle about her. Of her tightly furled nipples pressed hard to the wall of his chest; of the softness of her thighs held intimately against him. Of the relentless, driving passion he ruthlessly held back.
That last was a temptation, but one so potently, preeminently dangerous not even she dared prod it.
Not yet. There were other things she'd yet to learn.”
Source: A Rake's Vow
“Patience's design flaw became obvious for the first time in my life: the outcome is decided not during the course of play but when the cards are shuffled, before the game even begins. How pointless is that?”
Source: Cloud Atlas
“Patience's mental imprecations reached new heights. Mrs. Chadwick had not lied- Vane Cynster was the very epitome of an elegant gentleman. His hair, burnished chestnut several shades darker than her own, glowed softly in the candlelight, wave upon elegant wave sitting perfectly about his head. Even across the room, the strength of his features registered; clear-cut, hard-edged, forehead, nose, jaw, and cheeks appeared sculpted out of rock. Only his lips, long and thin with just a hint of humor to relieve their austerity, and the innate intelligence and, yes, wickedness, that lit his grey eyes, gave any hint of mere mortal personality- all else, including, Patience grudgingly acknowledged, his long, lean body, belonged to a god.”
Source: A Rake's Vow
“Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold.”
Source: Notebooks
“Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your mind.”
Source: Notebooks
“Patience serves us against insults precisely as clothes do against the cold. For if you multiply your garments as the cold increases, that cold cannot hurt you; in the same way increase your patience under great offenses, and they cannot hurt your feelings.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Patience shall be my song,”
“Patience snuggled closer to the warm wall of his chest. He adjusted his hold; his hands slid about her waist, beneath her cloak. He drew her more firmly against him, shifting so she was trapped- very comfortably- between him and the old wall. One arm and shoulder protected her from the stones; the rest of him protected her from the night. His arms tightened; Patience felt the strength of him down her length, felt the press of his chest against her breasts, the weight of his hips against her stomach, the solid columns of his thighs hard against her softer limbs.
His lips found hers again; his hands spread over her back, molding her to him. Patience felt heat rise- from her, from him, between them. They were in no danger of taking a chill.”
Source: A Rake's Vow
“Patience . . . speaks of a person’s steadfastness under provocation . . .enduring ill-treatment without anger or thought of retaliation or revenge.”
Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“Patience stoutly resists pulling up the daisies to see how the roots are doing!”
“Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue.”
“Patience strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride, bridles the tongue, restrains the hand and tramples upon temptations.”
“Patience takes away lots of stress, regrets, & sleepless nights knowing that all is well at the end of the day if we just wait a little bit.”
Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership
“Patience. That's what this glass and silver and shell had taught her over the years. Patience was what wore old broken bottles into bits of color and light. Patience what created those shells, wore them away again, tossed them onto the shore.... And patience had rewarded her here too.”
Source: Yesterday's Tides
“Patience, there are situations in which patience works the best. Anger won’t help you in anyway; in fact it will only make you worse. Have faith in me. Things will change sooner or later. One day, you will make your own space in the world. One day, all your wishes will come true. One day, you shall have wings and fly in the horizons. One day you shall twinkle like that star yonder the sky.”
Source: Skylines
“Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.”
“Patience to the spider”
Source: Acheron: A Dark-Hunter Novel
“Patience, tolerance, and forgiveness. These are our amenities, which will see us through many difficult days.”
“Patience triumphs over everything.”
“Patience was a virtue, but sometimes it was an excuse to stay on the easy path of conflict avoidance.”
Source: In Honor's Defense
“Patience was not my strong point.”
Source: By Myself and Then Some
“Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.”
“Patience will be on our side.”
“I once heard that patience is a vulture in wait to take out its prey when all seems safe.”
Source: Denial
“Patience will benefit you in every hour, every time and every opportunity. It helps you to overcome your opponent, howsoever strong he may be. It will help you in times of distress and hardships, in battles and in war and peace.”
“Patience wins the race.”
Source: A new year's eve, and other poems
“patience with how your heart wanders, you will find your way
– butterflies rising”
“Patience with other people and oneself is a prized quality. I must control fits of restlessness and impulsivity. I need to exhibit imperturbability. I am inpatient because I resist suffering. I vehemently resist the tedium and tragedies that befall humankind. It is useless to seek to escape from the fate of all humanity. I acknowledge that humankind is fated – inexorably, inevitably, irrevocably – by birth to suffer. Every person must endure the arduous toil and grating monotony of working for a living, as well undergo the physical pain and emotional exhaustion that comes from leading a dreary life of industry. The greater a person’s anxiety and resistance to the ordinary troubles in life the greater their personal suffering. I can only ease the mind and live a heightened existence by stoically accepting fate. I aspire to embrace a path of nonresistance and cultivate a state of mental quietude. I will find inner peace only by demonstrating the courage to face the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones. Courage, patience, and fortitude will eliminate an ingrained personal propensity to engage in self-sabotage. When my resistance to the inevitable fate of humanity ceases, I will no longer berate myself for past lapses, avoid fretting over the present, and feeling anxious about the future.”
“Patience yields focus.”
“Patience you must have, until the mud settles and the water becomes clear.”
Source: Revenge of the Sith[SW REVENGE OF THE SITH M/TV][Mass Market Paperback]
“Patience, young Padawan. At this rate, you’ll never become a Jedi Knight.”
Source: The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel
“Patience! Patience! Patience is the invention of dullards and sluggards. In a well-regulated world there should be no need of such a thing as patience.”
Source: Balcony Stories
“Patience! Patience! The world is a vast and ghastly intricacy of mechanism, and one has to be very wary, not to get mangled by it.”
Source: D. H. Lawrence: The Complete Novels (Book House)
“Patience! patience! You are always in a hurry, but God is not.”
Source: The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 14: Sermons 788 to 847
“Patience, grasshopper," I counseled. "You don't want to seem overeager." "Right, that's why I said tomorrow," he said. "I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow.”
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
“Patience, grasshopper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait." "I always thought that was 'Good things come to those who do the wave,'" said Simon. "No wonder I've been so confused all my life.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls
“Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.”
Source: Hatchet
“Patience, increasing patience”
“Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.”
“Patience, passion and perseverance equals success.”
“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”
Source: Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02
“Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.”
Source: PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS
“Patience, piety, and salutary knowledge spring up and ripen under the harrow of affliction; before there is wine or oil, the grape must be trodden and the oil pressed.”
“Patience, prayer and silence-these are what give strength to the soul.”
“Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.”
“Patience, then, believer, eternity will right the wrongs of time.”
Source: Morning and Evening
“Patience, time and money accommodate all things.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“Patience-the ability to put our desires on hold for a time-is a precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it now. Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant and, at times, bitter. Nevertheless, without patience, we cannot please God; we cannot become perfect. Indeed, patience is a purifying process that refines understanding, deepens happiness, focuses action, and offers hope for peace.”
“Patience. I colored patience gray, hung over with black clouds. I colored hope yellow, just like the sun we could see for a few short morning hours. Too soon the sun rose high in the sky & disappeared from view, leaving us bereft and staring at blue.”
“Patience. I will become what I know I am.”
“Patience; this is the greatest business asset. Wait for the right time to make your moves.”