O Lord God, I see that patience is very necessary unto me; for many things in this life fall out contrary. - Thomas à Kempis

At the Day of Judgement we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken, but how holily we have lived.

My Son, make it no matter of thine, if thou see others honoured and exalted, and thyself despised and humbled. Lift up thine heart to Me in heaven, and then the contempt of men upon earth will not make thee sad.

Love is swift, sincere, pious, pleasant, gentle, strong, patient, faithful, prudent, long-suffering, manly and never seeking her own; for whosoever a man seeketh his own, there he falleth from love.