14 Quotes About Patience
Water wears down stone not by force but by return. These quotes on patience are about the power that only ever reveals itself over time.
“Slow productivity: do fewer things, work at a natural pace, obsess over quality. The opposite of the pseudo-productivity that is burning a generation out.”
“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient.”
“The big money is not in the buying and selling, but in the waiting.”
“The most important variable in long-term wealth-building is patience.”
“In an age of speed, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow.”
“The slow philosophy is not about doing everything at a snail's pace. It is about seeking to do everything at the right speed.”
“I do not eat to live. I live to eat well, slowly, with people I love.”
“I have outlived three doctors. They told me to slow down. I never did.”
“Do not let your tongue run ahead of your heart. Maat is in the small moment of waiting.”
“Box breathing — four seconds in, four hold, four out, four hold — is the breath the SEALs use under fire. It works because it is the slow lever on the autonomic nervous system. Do it for two minutes; you will move from sympathetic to parasy…”
“We need to learn the slow yes and the quick no.”
“Work, with patience, even iron breaks.”
“Who can wait quietly while the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?”
“Smile, breathe, and go slowly.”