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.

John Piper

聖經中的忍耐並非源於宿命論，認為一切皆無法掌控；而是植根於信仰，深信萬事皆在上帝掌握之中。
Waiting for an answer to prayer is often part of the answer.

Elisabeth Elliot

等待禱告的回應，往往也是回應的一部分。
Patience must not be an inch shorter than affliction.

Thomas Adams

忍耐之心不可比苦難短少一分。（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.

Henry Drummond

人生如交響曲，若捨棄緩板樂章，便失去了三分之一的韻味。
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

我們的急躁唯有在延遲與黑暗的荊棘中方能學會忍耐。
To lengthen my patience is the best way to shorten my trouble.

George Swinnock

多點耐心，煩惱就會少一點。
Patience in prayer is nothing but faith spun out.

Thomas Watson

禱告時的耐心，其實就是拉長的信心。
You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

Stanislaw Lec

要學會有耐心，得先有足夠的耐心去練習。
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

對所有事情都要有耐心，尤其是對自己。不要因為看到自己的不足就失去信心，而是立刻著手改進，每天都從頭開始努力。
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.

Friedrich August von Schiller

唯有耐心將簡單的事做到完美之人，方能輕鬆掌握困難的技巧。
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。