Ecclesiastes 7:8 (NIV) The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and patience is better than pride.
Romans 12:12 (NIV) Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
James 5:7 (NIV) Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.
By listening patiently, you communicate that you see time as an ally of progress, not as an enemy that must be defeated by pushing for quick recovery.—Enos D. Martin, psychiatrist
Leadership, Vol. 2, no. 2, Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations – Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "PATIENCE".
