Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Patience means restraining one's inclinations.
Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
Patience is sorrow's salve.
The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.
Patience is passion tamed.
Humility is attentive patience.
Patience doesn't mean making a pact with the devil of denial, ignoring our emotions and aspirations. It means being wholeheartedly engaged in the process that's unfolding, rather than ripping open a budding flower or demanding a caterpillar hurry up and get that chrysalis stage over with.