• . . . adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience. [Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Education“]
• Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait — not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always willing and fulfilling and accomplishing his task, that when the occasion comes he may be equal to the occasion. [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hyperion, Book I, Chapter VIII]
• Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew. [St. Francis de Sales]
• How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? [William Shakespeare, “Othello,” Act II, Scene III]
• I have little patience with scientists who take a board of wood, look for its thinnest part, and drill a great number of holes where drilling is easy. [Albert Einstein]
• Let me look upward into the branches of the flowering oak and know that it grew great and strong because it grew slowly and well. [Wilferd A. Peterson]
• Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. [Johann Friedrich von Schiller]
• Patience is power; with time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown. [Chinese proverb]
• Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow — that is patience. [source unknown]
• Patience is passion tamed. [Lyman Abbott]
• The principle part of faith is patience. [George MacDonald]
• The patient man shows much good sense, but the quick-tempered man displays folly at its height. [The Bible, Proverbs 14:29]

Patience is humility in the dimension of time.