"It is strange that the years teach us patience that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.“


-Elizabeth Taylor

posted in patience


It is strange that the years teach us patience that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?"

-Elizabeth Taylor

womenView Quote
"I think I'm finally growing up - and about time."

-Elizabeth Taylor

timeView Quote
"It is strange that the years teach us patience that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting."

-Elizabeth Taylor

timeView Quote
"Success is a great deodorant."

-Elizabeth Taylor

successView Quote
"Everything makes me nervous - except making films."

-Elizabeth Taylor

moviesView Quote
"I've been through it all, baby, I'm mother courage."

-Elizabeth Taylor

momView Quote

More Quotes About patience

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience."

-Tyrone Power

patienceView Quote
"So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required."

-Bowie Kuhn

patienceView Quote
"If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything."

-Ilie Nastase

patienceView Quote
"Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required."

-Yiannis Stournaras

patienceView Quote
"As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience."

-Ridley Pearson

patienceView Quote
"Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked."

-Abdus Salam

patienceView Quote