If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn’t be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven’t the patience for them. It’s maybe shallow, but that’s why I’ll never be part of the acting set.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.

We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.

Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

God is patient with us to become the God’s children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.

The one thing about the business of entertainment is that you have to learn patience.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

This is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze. And this is what I said when they asked me if I would accept my election as pontiff. I am a sinner, but I trust in the infinite mercy and patience of our Lord Jesus Christ, and I accept in a spirit of penance.

A jug fills drop by drop.

I didn’t like the way I looked in pictures – when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, ‚Eesh.‘

Actors know what actors are insecure about – and they’re all insecure.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

I think you can judge from somebody’s actions a kind of a stability and sense of purpose perhaps created by strong religious roots. I mean, there’s a certain patience, a certain discipline, I think, that religion helps you achieve.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Songwriters, you have to work – you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song’s going to be a hit. And then a year later, you might get a check.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

I’m my own worst critic, and if I don’t pull off what I think I wanted to do in my head, then I won’t be a happy girl.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‚I’m unattractive, I’m slow, I’m not as smart as my brother.‘ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbour. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

Sometimes if you jump into something too quickly, you can screw up something that might have been good two years down the road.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape.

It seems that I have always been ahead of my time. I had to wait nineteen years before Niagara was harnessed by my system, fifteen years before the basic inventions for wireless which I gave to the world in 1893 were applied universally.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

I like playing. I wouldn’t be a good coach. I don’t have the patience to be a coach.

When I tell a child something the first time, I’m nice. The 15th time, I start to get aggravated.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Because we’re actors we can pretend and fake it, but I’d rather the intimate investment was authentic.

I can’t stand to see myself on television.

I know I’m a good professional, I know that no one’s harder on me than myself and that’s never going to change, under any circumstances.

I don’t like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I’m from New York. I will kill to get what I need.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

You hear about actors being late and all that sort of stuff, but you never find that with an actor who’s directed, because an actor who’s directed understands all the problems your production is going through.

Patience is key for getting over a breakup. That, and trailing off your interaction after the breakup.

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

One of the skills I had to learn and become proficient in is kissing a man. I had never kissed a man. Will Smith did it in his movies, so did Jake Gyllenhaal, and I figured it was my time. So it was me and Steve Carell – fantastic.

I know a dramatic role is going to happen, but you just got to be patient, you know? It’s going to happen when it’s supposed to happen. I’m not rushing it. I’m not trying to make it happen tomorrow.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

I like actors very much, but to marry one would be like marrying your brother. You look too much alike in the mirror.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Don’t complain. The Israelites wasted forty years murmuring and complaining in the wilderness, when they could have just obeyed God and entered into their Promised Land.

If you are the kind of person who is waiting for the ‚right‘ thing to happen, you might wait for a long time. It’s like waiting for all the traffic lights to be green for five miles before starting the trip.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

I know that some actors and directors like to have intensity on set. I don’t, particularly. Certainly, if they want that, that’s fine, but I can’t work like that.

I’m a big fan of Aamir Khan… Among actresses, I like Aishwarya Rai.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it’s up to me to choose to develop them.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

These wretched babies don’t come until they are ready.

All great achievements require time.