Patience Quotes

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Patience Quotes

Patience is a virtue, so you're probably racking up some major karma by studying these quotes. Click on any patience quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. We'll give you details on who said it, when they said it, and in some cases, why on earth they thought it was okay to say it.

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions."

Source: Unknown | Speaker: Dalai Lama

"Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."

Source: The Mourning Bride | Author: William Congreve

"Hope is the thing with feathers—That perches in the soul"

Source: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers | Author: Emily Dickinson

"Hurry up and bring your jukebox money!"

Source: "Love Shack" | Speaker: The B-52's

"I heard it through the grapevine, not much longer would you be mine."

Source: I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Speaker: Marvin Gaye

"I just can't get you outta my head."

Source: "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | Speaker: Kylie Minogue

"I'm listening."

Source: Frasier | Speaker: Frasier Crane

"I'm walkin' here!"

Source: Midnight Cowboy | Speaker: Ratso

"If I'm not back in five minutes… just wait longer."

Source: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | Speaker: Ace Ventura

"Labor of love"

Source: 1 Thessalonians 1:3 | Author: Paul

"Look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities."

Source: Bare Necessities | Speaker: Baloo

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do."

Source: I Love Lucy | Speaker: Ricky Ricardo

"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

Source: Seinfeld | Speaker: Jerry Seinfeld

"Oh, bother."

Source: The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh | Author: A.A. Milne

"Oh, there's an empty place in my bones that calls out for something unknown."

Source: Jack's Lament | Speaker: Jack Skellington

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God."

Source: The Gospel of Matthew | Speaker: Jesus of Nazareth

"There is a place where the sidewalk ends."

Source: Where the Sidewalk Ends | Author: Shel Silverstein

"There was no room for them in the inn."

Source: Luke 2:7 | Author: Luke

"Where are you going in those Keds?"

Source: Girls | Speaker: Charlie Dattolo and Ray Ploshansky

"You think I'm licked. You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked."

Source: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Speaker: Jefferson Smith

"You're so money and you don't even know it."

Source: Swingers | Speaker: Trent Walker