The disciples of a patient Saviour should be patient themselves.
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Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.
Patience is enduring love; experience is perfecting love; and hope is exulting love.
Patience is the ballast of the soul that will keep it from rolling and tumbling in the greatest storms.
A true Christian man is distinguished from other men, not so much by his beneficent works, as by his patience.
  ​ Christ commands you to take up His cross and follow Him, not that He may humble you, or lay some penance upon you, but that you may surrender the low self-will and the feeble pride of your sin, and ascend into the sublime patience of heavenly charity.
It is not necessary for all men to be great in action. The greatest and sublimest power is often simple patience.
Therefore, let us be patient, patient; and let God our Father teach His own lesson, His own way. Let us try to learn it well and quickly; but do not let us fancy that He will ring the school-bell, and send us to play before our lesson is learnt.
Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time, and not be discouraged at the rests . If we say sadly to ourselves, "There is no music in a rest," let us not forget "there is the making of music in it." The making of music is often a slow and painful process in this life. How patiently God works to teach us! How long He waits for us to learn the lesson!
Patience! why, it is the soul of peace; of all the virtues it is nearest kin to heaven; it makes men look like gods. The best of men that ever wore earth about Him was a Sufferer,—a soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit; the first true gentleman that ever breathed.
It is easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.
  ​ When I am about my work, sometimes called unexpectedly and suddenly from one thing to another, I whisper in my heart, "Lord, help me to be patient, help me to remember, and help me to be faithful. Lord, enable me to do all for Christ's sake, and to go forward, leaning on the bosom of His infinite grace."
The holier one is, the more forbearing and loving he is; the more tender and patient and anxious to help others in every way. Think how forbearing and loving Christ is when we do wrong; and there we are to be like Him.
Show yourself a Christian by suffering without murmuring. In patience possess your soul—they lose nothing who gain Christ.
In your patience ye are strong.
Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on! hold fast! hold out! Patience is genius.
Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh;      Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear; To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;      Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.