Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.

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"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love."

- Leo Tolstoy

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"All, everything that I understand, I only understand because I love."

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"We are asleep until we fall in love!"

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"He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking."

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"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer a great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them."

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"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done."

- Unknown

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"He that can have patience can have what he will."

- Benjamin Franklin

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"You just can’t beat the person who never gives up."

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"What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. … Success is often just around the corner."

- James Dyson

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"Never give up because great things take time."

- Adrian Williams

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