PATIENCE
‘Patience’ is defined as the ability to stay calm and accept
a delay or something annoying without complaining. It also means the ability to
spend to spend a lot of time doing something difficult that needs a lot of
attention and effort.
Some of the synonyms of ‘patience’ are: calmness, composure,
self-restraint, equanimity, equilibrium, tolerance and endurance.
A task requiring patience demands endurance, diligence,
staying power, tenacity, singleness of purpose, doggedness, etc.
A person who is patient is calm, cool, serene, composed,
tranquil, in-excitable, even-tempered, restrained, etc.
Some of the famous thoughts on patience are :
Everything comes if a man will only wait. He that can have
patience, can have what he will. To know how to wait is the great secret of
success. Never think that God’s delays are God’s denials. Patience is bitter,
but its fruit is sweet. Patience is the support of weakness; impatience is the
ruin of strength.
According to a Chinese proverb : Patience is power; with time
and patience the mulberry leaf becomes silk.
American theologian Nathaniel Emmons (1745-1840 0 said:
Steady, patient, persevering thinking, will generally surmount every obstacle
in the search after truth.
George Horne,the English Bishop (1730-92) believed: Patience
strengthens the spirit, sweetens the temper, stifles anger, extinguishes envy,
subdues pride, bridles the tongue, restrains the hand and tramples upon
temptations.
Finally, one of the popular quotes on this subject: Patience and perseverance have a magical
effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
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G.R.Kanwal
20 September 2024
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