Quotes

Patience Nature Quotes      © Jenny Jenkins 2015   https://sites.google.com/site/valueslessons 

Nature provides us with many examples of patience. 

Read these one-liners to the students. 

Nature never rushes, yet everything gets done. Donald L. Hicks

Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. Molière

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day. A.A. Milne

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. Arnold H. Glasgow

Like the skin of an orange, patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. Anon.

Even a snail will eventually reach its destination. Gail

Even the tallest trees always begin as a seed. A.J. Darkholme

You have to wait for a fruit to ripe before you harvest. You must also learn to wait for the fulfillment of your visions. Lailah Gifty Akita

Grass that is here today and gone tomorrow does not require much time to mature. A giant oak tree that lasts for generations requires much more time to grow strong. H. Blackaby

Challenge

Make up one or more of your own one-liners about patience, using an example from nature. Make an illustrated poster for it.

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