| PATIENCE | 忍耐 |
| Biblical patience is not rooted in fatalism that
says everything is out of control. It is rooted in faith that says everything is in
God's control. 合乎聖經原則的忍耐不是根基於宿命論，說任何事都是無法掌控的。而是根基在信心，說任何事情都在上帝的掌握之中。 |
| Waiting for an answer to
prayer is often part of the answer. 對禱告的人而言，等待上帝的應允禱告經常是上帝應允禱告的一部份。 |
| Patience must not be an inch shorter than
affliction. Thomas Adams 忍耐不應該比苦難短少一英吋。（我們的忍耐應該比我們遭遇的苦難多一點） |
| Life is a symphony, and we
lose a third of it by cutting out the slow movement. 生命是一首交響曲，而由於我們剪掉了其中的慢拍子，我們失掉三分之一的音符。 |
| Long-suffering is a grace of silence. William Bagshawe 長期的受苦是靜默的恩典。 |
| Patient waiting is often the
highest way of doing God's will. Jeremy Collier 忍耐等候通常是履行上帝旨意的最高準則。 |
| There is no place for faith if we expect God to
fulfill immediately what he promises. John Calvin 如果我們期望上帝立刻成就祂的應許，那根本就沒有信心的餘地。 |
| Hope is the mother of
patience. William Jenkyn 盼望是忍耐之母。 |
| Our impatience only learns patience through the
thorn of delay and darkness. J. Charles Stern 我們的沒有耐心只會讓我們從遲延及晦暗的困難中學習忍耐。 |
| To lengthen my patience is
the best way to shorten my trouble. George Swinnock 拉長我們的忍耐是縮短我們難題的最佳方法。 |
| Patience in prayer is nothing but faith spun out. Thomas Watson 禱告中的忍耐不是別的而是信心的延長。 |
| You must first have a lot of
patience to learn to have patience. Stanislaw Lec 你必須先有不少耐心才能學習擁有耐心。 |
| A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of
brains. Dutch Proverb 少許的忍耐比較多的智力更有價值。 |
| Our patience will achieve
more than our force. Edmund Burke 我們的耐心能成就遠超過我們能力所能成就的。 |
| Have patience with all things, but chiefly have
patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering you own imperfections but
instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew. Saint Francis de Sales 對任何事都要有耐心，不過最主要的是對你自己有信心。在想到自己的不完全時不要失去勇氣，反而要立刻著手補救 - 天天都要著手這件事情。 |
| Patience serves as a
protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as
the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in
patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will then be powerless to vex your
mind. Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) 忍耐用來保護我們面對錯誤就如同衣服保護我們面對寒冷。當天氣越寒冷，你穿的衣服越多，寒冷就無法傷害你。同樣的，當你遭遇大錯時，更需要穿上忍耐，如此一來，錯誤就無法攪擾你的心靈。 |
| Never think that God's delays are God's denials.
Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius. Comte de Buffon 永遠不要認為上帝的遲延是上帝的拒絕。堅持、握緊、繼續不退讓。忍耐就是能力。 |
| Learn the art of patience.
Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal.
Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence,
decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success. Brian Adams 學習忍耐的藝術。當你渴望知道目標的結果時就要應用忍耐的訓練。沒有耐心只會茁長焦慮、恐懼、灰心與失敗。忍耐能產生信心、決心及合理的期望，這些至終達到成功。 |
| Patience is the best remedy for every trouble. Titus Maccius Plautus (254 BC - 184 BC), Rudens 忍耐是一切問題的最佳補救之道。 |
| With love and patience,
nothing is impossible. Daisaku Ikeda 愛心耐心齊備，沒有不可能的事情。 |
| Only those who have the patience to do simple things
perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. Author Unknown 只有那些存著耐心完美做好小事的人才能得到輕易完成難事的技巧。 |
| Patience is bitter, but its
fruit is sweet. Aristotle 忍耐雖然苦澀，結果卻是甘甜。 |
| There are times when God asks nothing of his
children except silence, patience and tears. C. S. Robinson 有時上帝所求於兒女的只是靜默、忍耐及淚水。 |
| Whoever is out of patience
is out of possession of his soul. Men must not turn into bees, and kill themselves in
stinging others. Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626) 任何人失去耐心就是失去他心靈的財富。人不應該淪為蜜蜂，在刺別人的時候也置自己於死地。 |
| The strongest of all warriors are these two -- Time
and Patience. Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910) 最堅強的武士有兩位 - 時間及耐心。 |
| Sorry for the disaster. And
thanks for your patience! Chris Thyberg 為災難惋惜。也為你的耐心感恩。 |
| Patience is the companion of wisdom. Saint Augustine (354 AD - 430 AD) 忍耐是智慧的良伴。 |
| Patience is the ability to
idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. Barbara Johnson 忍耐就是你氣得要拆房子的時候還能不動聲色。 |
| It is very strange that the years teach us patience
- that the shorter out time, the greater our capacity for waiting. Elizabeth Taylor 真奇妙，歲月讓人學會忍耐 - 餘生越短，我們的耐性越大。 |