No greater thing is
No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Epictetus
No Patience
We all start out
We all start out with no discipline, no patience, no perseverance, no determination. We all start out at zero. People say, ‘You have talent.’ No, the gift is to realize that we all start out even. Whether we messed up or put our best foot forward, with these four qualities, we take care of our … Read more
I have no patience
I have no patience with people who want to tell me what’s wrong. I only want to hear from the person who first tells me the solution and then fills me in on the problem. I don’t want to hear that your basement is flooded. I want to hear that you’ve found the number to … Read more
I love those who
I love those who do not know how to live for today. Friedrich Nietzsche
We have no patience
We have no patience with other people’s vanity because it is offensive to our own. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I HAVE no patience
I HAVE no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied, especially in tales written to teach children to be good, that babies are born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and man and man, are steady application and moral effort. It is in the … Read more
Who ever is out
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. Francis Bacon
Tis an admirable thing
Tis an admirable thing to see how some people will labour to find out terms that may obscure a plain sense, like a gentleman I knew, who would never say ‘the weather grew cold,’ but that ‘winter begins to salute us.’ I have no patience for such coxcombs. Dorothy Osborne
I can truthfully say,
I can truthfully say, in arts I have pretty much seen and done it all and, at my age, I have no patience with wide-eyed artists fooling themselves about their place in history. We should know by now that it is the whim of the elite few who set the rules… those who have fooled … Read more
Talent must be a
Talent must be a fanatical mistress. She’s beautiful; when you’re with her, people watch you, they notice. But she bangs on your door at odd hours, and she disappears for long stretches, and she has no patience for the rest of your existence; your wife, your children, your friends. She is the most thrilling evening … Read more