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Patience Can Be

  • Dec 21, 2021
  • 4 min read

Updated: Feb 28, 2025

Power

Genius

A skill

Endurance

Fortitude

Good sense

Forbearance

A divine gift

Steadfastness

Perseverance

Long-suffering

A quiet virtue

Sorrow’s salve

An act of faith

Enduring trials

A great treasure

Not just waiting

A calm endurance

Slowness to anger

A virtue from God

An act of service

Part of Godliness

The soul of peace

The art of hoping

A necessary school

An act of humility

The key of content

A powerful warrior

The key to paradise

An attribute of God

What God has for us

A form of kindness

A conquering virtue

A fruit of the Spirit

A kind of heroic pride

Keeping anger in check

Keeping our mouth shut

Stamina or persistence

Beautiful in any of us

Endurance of suffering

The remedy of injuries

The companion of wisdom

Accepting or tolerating

A bandaid for all sores

An even sea in all winds

The prerequisite to love

A key element of success

Constitutional fortitude

A product of self-control

Waiting without complaint

Persevering towards a goal

Waiting without complaining

A command, not a suggestion

The best remedy for all evils

Bitter, but its fruit is sweet

Part of the fruit of the Spirit

Constancy in labour or exertion

Enduring difficult circumstances

The best remedy for every trouble

Perseverance in the face of delay

Suffering insults without bitterness

Enduring discomfort without complaint

When we love others more than ourselves

Waiting calmly for or through something

When we value others ahead of ourselves

Christian submission to the divine will

Ability to work toward a long-term goal

One of the most valuable virtues of life

Restraint and tolerance under provocation

The finest and worthiest part of fortitude

Endurance without murmuring or fretfulness

Enduring trials and suffering without complaint

Enduring for a while without giving in to anger

Not a single virtue, but a combination of others

Expectantly waiting for a promise to be fulfilled

Suffering without complaining or becoming annoyed

Perseverance to overcome a serious setback in life

Bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint

Delaying gratification until the proper time for it

The level of endurance we can have before disrespect

Bearing offenses and injuries without anger or revenge

Getting treated unfairly without whining or retaliating

Not passive, on the contrary, it is concentrated strength

Loved in a child, praised in the young, admired in the old

Waiting out life’s hardships without frustration or despair

Waiting long for justice or expected good without discontent

Long and patient enduring of injury, trouble, or provocation

Forbearance of other people, their demands and their failings

A calm temper which bears evils without murmuring or discontent

Being able to wait calmly in the face of frustration or adversity

Accepting or tolerating a situation without getting angry or upset

Handling the weakness and the shortcomings of others with kindness

Tolerance of provocation without responding in disrespect or anger

Enduring or remaining under challenges and difficult circumstances

Staying calm while we're waiting for an outcome that we need or want

Even more rarely manifested in the intellect than it is in the temper

A light or guide to help the soul perceive the insignificance of trials

The ability to wait, or to continue doing something despite difficulties

The work of the Holy Ghost in anyone who has accepted the gift of salvation

Being able to wait for a long amount of time without getting irritated or bored

Generosity, smiling at the world even when it seems to be conspiring against us

A virtue by which we bear the trials of this life with resignation to God's will

Accepting or tolerating delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset

Forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties

Accepting or tolerating delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset

Being able to control our own reactions to a situation, and endure it without complaint

Accepting or tolerating delay, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious

A quality of self-restraint or of not giving way to anger, even in the face of provocation

The ballast of the soul, that will keep it from rolling and tumbling in the greatest storms

The calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one we have in mind

The ability to wait peacefully, when everything in us wants to rush forward, take action and do something

When we remove ourselves from the centre of our universe and the throne of our hearts and surrender to God

The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper

Accepting that we are no more important than anyone else, and there is no particular reason why we should not wait

Surrendering and accepting what can’t be changed as reality rather than fighting against it and trying to change it

The particular virtue we need to help us to bear sadness in such a way that we do not abandon the good course for our lives

An ability to trust that life works out as it should, to surrender to what is at the moment, while having faith in the future

A decision-making problem, involving the choice of either a small reward in the short-term, versus a more valuable reward in the long-term

A most precious jewel: though no ray of light comes near it, it is radiant with imperishable beauty; its brightness remains even in the deep night


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