18 Inspiring Quotes about
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
restraint under provocation or when a debt or obligation is owed to you
…nothing is more commendable, nothing more becoming… than courtesy and forbearance.
(Cicero)
Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.
(Ieyasu Tokugawa)
… an opinion often borrows credit from the forbearance of its patrons.
(Henry James)
Forbearance is a form of generosity.
(Gretchen Rubin)
We should meet abuse by forbearance… if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.
(Mahatma Gandhi)
Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.
(William Shakespeare)
…cowardice… masquerades as forbearance, reasonableness and whatnot.
(Eric Hoffer)
There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
(Edmund Burke)
There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance, and silence.
(Ali ibn Abi Talib)
Forbear to mention what thou canst not praise.
(Matthew Prior)
Conquer with forbearance the excesses of insolence.
(Tiruvalluvar)
Lovers should never be without the oil of forbearance.
(Minna Antrim)
The difficult part of good temper consists in forbearance, and accommodation to the ill-humors of others.
(William Empson)
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required… we will act.
(Ronald Reagan)
It vanquishes what force could never reach; Why answer back at every angry speech?
(Geoffrey Chaucer)
Could we forbear dispute, and practice love, we should agree as angels do above.
(Edmund Waller)
Forbear to ask what tomorrow may bring…
(Horace)
