There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.—­Burke.

We usually learn to wait only when we have no longer anything to wait for.—­Marie Ebner-Eschenbach.

No school is more necessary to children than patience, because either the will must be broken in childhood or the heart in old age.—­Richter.

We have only to be patient, to pray, and to do His will, according to our present light and strength, and the growth of the soul will go on.  The plant grows in the mist and under clouds as truly as under sunshine; so does the heavenly principle within.—­Channing.

He that will have a cake of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding.  —­Shakespeare.

Patience is a nobler motion than any deed.—­C.A.  Bartol.

Patience is the guardian of faith, the preserver of peace, the cherisher of love, the teacher of humility; Patience governs the flesh, strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy, subdues pride; she bridles the tongue, refrains the hand, tramples upon temptations, endures persecutions, consummates martyrdom; Patience produces unity in the church, loyalty in the State, harmony in families and societies; she comforts the poor and moderates the rich; she makes us humble in prosperity, cheerful in adversity, unmoved by calumny and reproach; she teaches us to forgive those who have injured us, and to be the first in asking forgiveness of those whom we have injured; she delights the faithful, and invites the unbelieving; she adorns the woman, and approves the man; is loved in a child, praised in a young man, admired in an old man; she is beautiful in either sex and every age.—­Bishop Horne.

Patience is the ballast of the soul, that will keep it from rolling and tumbling in the greatest storms; and he that will venture out without this to make him sail even and steady will certainly make shipwreck and drown himself, first in the cares and sorrows of this world, and then in perdition.—­Bishop Hopkins.

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.—­La Bruyere.

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience is the ruin of strength.—­Colton.

If the wicked flourish and thou suffer, be not discouraged.  They are fatted for destruction; thou art dieted for health.—­Fuller.

Patience is sorrow’s salve.—­Churchill.

Patriotism.—­He serves his party best, who serves the country best. 
—­Rutherford B. Hayes.

This is a maxim which I have received by hereditary tradition, not only from my father, but also from my grandfather and his ancestors, that after what I owe to God, nothing should be more dear or more sacred than the love and respect I owe to my country.—­De thou.