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13 Quotes for Cultivating Patience - in Yoga and in Life

Updated: May 17, 2024

Since 13 is my lucky number, I decided to share 13 of my favorite quotes to hone your skills in the practice of patience - which truly is a virtue -in the hope you might find one that inspires you. Let it be your mantra in meditation or yoga practice, your affirmation, your prayer. I invite you to share your favorite patience quotes in the comments below.


  1. Patanjali’s yoga sutras (2.47) states that asana “is mastered when all effort is relaxed and the mind is absorbed in the Infinite.”

  2. "Patience is also a form of action." - Anonymous

  3. “Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

  4. “Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh.

  5. “Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe that it will all work out in the end while you are waiting.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart.

  6. Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” ― Moliere

  7. “There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.” ― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

  8. "At the bottom of patience one finds heaven." - Kanuri

  9. “A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.” ― Henri J.M. Nouwen

  10. "Have Patience. All things are difficult before they become easy." -Saadi

  11. "Patience is not simply the ability to wait—it's how we behave while we are waiting." -Joyce Meyer

  12. “Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.” ― Margaret Atwood, Penelopiad

  13. "Only those who have patience to do the simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily." - Johann Schiller




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