... the patience of Job ...

Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

How poor are they that have not patience! What wounds did ever heal but by degrees?

Patience is the art of hoping.

The strong, manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience. Patience means restraining one's inclinations. There are seven emotions: joy, anger, anxiety, love, fear, grief, and hate; and if a man does not give way to these, he can be called patient. I am not as strong as I might be, but I have long known and practiced patience.

Strength comes from waiting.