“Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.”

A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly.

Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.

Trying is the first step toward failure.

To speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.

To speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.

The force of union conquers all.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.

Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.

You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.

Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism.

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!

The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.

We men are wretched things.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.

Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.

You can’t rush into things that you want to last forever.

Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience.

I’ve always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that’s the way things are.

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.

Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. To these I commit my day. If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek his grace. And then, when this day is done, I will place my head on my pillow and rest.