Pacience Quotes

#1. Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
That neither by hir wordes ne hir face
Biforn the folk, ne eek in her absence,
Ne shewed she that hir was doon offence.

Geoffrey Chaucer

#2. Spain and southern Italy, in which Catholicism has most deeply implanted its roots, are even now, probably beyond all other countries in Europe, those in which inhumanity to animals is most wanton and unrebuked.

William Edward Hartpole Lecky

#3. If you are giving back, you took too much.

Ricardo Semler

#4. It's a transformative experience to simply pause instead of immediately fill up the space. By waiting, we begin to connect with fundamental restlessness as well as fundamental spaciousness.
-Pema Chodron, from When Things Fall Apart

Pema Chodron

#5. Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up.

Amelie Mauresmo

#6. The wind is calling in a voice I remember

Chris Abani

#7. You've got to be on the ball from the minute you step out into that spotlight. You gotta know exactly what you're doing every second on that stage, otherwise the act goes right into the bathroom. It's all over. Good night.

Frank Sinatra

#8. My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!

Salma Hayek