Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.

It’s hard to improve public education – that’s clear.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

I think we’re doing a dreadful job of educating.

You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.

I read to my kid, but I can’t stand reading.

I don’t think there is anything wrong in earning money from the sport you love. If you work hard and get benefits from it, there is no harm. The day you feel that you are not working hard and are only looking at the benefits, that’s where the problem is.

In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I’m against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It’s a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.

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

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, ‚Can any of us imagine better,‘ but, ‚Can we all do better?‘

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

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

The more you practice, the better you get, the more freedom you have to create.

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.

Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don’t approve them all. They look hard at the safety and the testing. And they make sure that the benefits far outweigh any of the downsides.

It’s not about changing people; it’s sometimes about changing a situation. How can we build an even better situation for them?

In order to fulfill the aspirations of masses, we have to sharpen the tool called the government machinery: we have to make it keen, more dynamic, and it is in this direction that we are working.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Throughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits.

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.

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

Why is it that although it takes us years to get into our messes, we expect God to get us out of them in a few days?

Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent.

I love dresses, and I’ve definitely thought about designing them someday. I just want to make sure that I wait until the time is perfect and I can do it right.

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

The longer a man’s fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

I’m bad at picking heroes.

I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.

If you’re holding out for universal popularity, I’m afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.

Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

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.

Common Core is a big win for education.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn’t go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he’s got.

No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

I probably work harder, putting in a lot of time and effort, than a lot of drivers because all I think about, and all I do, is to do with racing, trying to make myself a better driver.

It’s one of the few regrets of my presidency – that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There’s no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I’ll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

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.

Do not be in a hurry to succeed. What would you have to live for afterwards? Better make the horizon your goal; it will always be ahead of you.

Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic – you need ten years before you can even call yourself a beginner.

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

If workers are more insecure, that’s very ‚healthy‘ for the society, because if workers are insecure, they won’t ask for wages, they won’t go on strike, they won’t call for benefits; they’ll serve the masters gladly and passively. And that’s optimal for corporations‘ economic health.

Maintaining a consistent platform also helps improve product support – a significant problem in the software industry.

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man’s humanity to man.

One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

The biggest and most deadly ‚tax‘ rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits – food stamps, housing subsidies and the like – if their income goes up.

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.