“Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.”– Margaret J. Wheatley Related Quotes “And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we’re all sweating it – when we’re worried that the bill won’t pass, and it seems like all is lost – Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward… with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.”– Michelle Obama “I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.”– Robert Falcon Scott “The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honor is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one bids you bear injuries with patience, the other tells you if you don’t resent them, you are not fit to live.”– Bernard de Mandeville