Let what will be said or done, preserve your sang-froid immovably, and to every obstacle, oppose patience, perseverance, and soothing language.
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Letter to William Short (18 March 1792).Thomas Jefferson
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Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
Swami Vivekananda
Patience and perseverance are never more thoroughly Christian graces than when features of prayer.
Samuel I. Prime
Then as he sang
it was no longer sounds only that made the music:
he spoke, and as no tree listens I listened, and language
came into my roots
out of the earth,
into my bark
out of the air,
into the pores of my greenest shoots
gently as dew
and there was no word he sang but I knew its meaning.Denise Levertov
Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.
Nelson Mandela
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.
John Millington Synge
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