You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

The first condition of immortality is death.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

He who limps is still walking.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

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.

—Francis de Sales

There will be a time when loud-mouthed, incompetent people seem to be getting the best of you. When that happens, you only have to be patient and wait for them to self destruct. It never fails.

—Richard Rybolt

There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness.

—Franz Kafka

It is very strange that the years teach us patience—that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

—Elizabeth Taylor