I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

Every day some new fact comes to light - some new obstacle which threatens the gravest obstruction. I suppose this is the reason which makes the game so well worth playing.

We are showing that Englishmen can still die with a bold spirit, fighting it out to the end.

But if we have been willing to give our lives to this enterprise, which is for the honour of our country, I appeal to our countrymen to see that those who depend on us are properly cared for.

Had we lived I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale.

We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.

We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God's sake, look after our people.

I fear we have shot our bolt - but we have been to Pole and done the longest journey on record.

But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.

I may not have proved a great explorer, but we have done the greatest march ever made and come very near to great success.

The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee.

As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface.

I can imagine few things more trying to the patience than the long wasted days of waiting.

Certainly dog driving is the most terrible work one has to face in this sort of business.

The events of the day's march are now becoming so dreary and dispiriting that one longs to forget them when we camp; it is an effort even to record them in a diary.

Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.

To wait idly is the worst of conditions.

Each man in his way is a treasure.

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.

Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over.

The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.

We are very near the end but have not and will not lose our good cheer.

Keep engaged in the all new popular and fancy positive side of things

So it's been a slow process and it's taken some patience. That's why patients are called patients I think - patience is required.

Heaven grant us patience with a man in love.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Patience is the best medicine.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Reading a novel in which all characters illustrate patience, hard work, chastity, and delayed gratification could be a pretty dull experience.

While it is true that Frank had a great sense of humor, he was also very serious about composing music. In reality there are only a handful of skilled players who can play his most complex pieces. It takes a lot of patience to learn and requires a fantastic memory.

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.

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.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

My advice to someone to follow in my footsteps is to have patience. I've been doing this for twelve years.

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.

That's why I never became a director. I never had patience with people.

True enough, nature has endowed me with a fair measure of patience and composure, yet I should be lying if I told you that, having seen the reporter off on his way to make his deadline, I fell peacefully asleep.

I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration, patience, anger. Music is an extension of my soul.

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.