PATIENCE

1. Patiencethe ability to put our desires on hold for a timeis a

precious and rare virtue. We want what we want, and we want it
now. Therefore, the very idea of patience may seem unpleasant
and, at times, bitter.
Nevertheless, without patience, we cannot please God; we
cannot become perfect. Indeed, patience is a purifying process
that refines understanding, deepens happiness, focuses action,
and offers hope for peace.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf General Conference April 2010 Continue in
Patience https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2010/04/continue-in-patience?
lang=eng&query=patience
2. From that experience, I learned that patience was far more than
simply waiting for something to happenpatience required
actively working toward worthwhile goals and not getting
discouraged when results didnt appear instantly or without
effort.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf General Conference April 2010 Continue in
Patience https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2010/04/continue-in-patience?
lang=eng&query=patience
3. Another who portrayed the virtue of patience was the Prophet
Joseph Smith. After his supernal experience in the grove called
Sacred, where the Father and the Son appeared to him, he was
called upon to wait. At length, after Joseph suffered through over
three years of derision for his beliefs, the angel Moroni appeared
to him. And then more waiting and patience were required. Let
us remember the counsel found in Isaiah: My thoughts are not
your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways
higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
President Thomas S. Monson General Conference October 1995
Patience A Heavenly Virtue https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1995/10/patience-a-heavenly-virtue?
lang=eng&query=patience
4. Whenever we are inclined to feel burdened down with the blows
of life, let us remember that others have passed the same way,
have endured, and then have overcome. There seems to be an

unending supply of trouble for one and all. Our problem is that
we often expect instantaneous solutions, forgetting that
frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required.
President Thomas S. Monson General Conference April 1998
Look to God and Live https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1998/04/look-to-god-and-live?
lang=eng&query=patience
5. To our temperance we are to add patience. A priesthood holder
is to be patient. Patience is another form of self-control. It is the
ability to postpone gratification and to bridle ones passions. In
his relationships with loved ones, a patient man does not engage
in impetuous behavior that he will later regret. Patience is
composure under stress. A patient man is understanding of
others faults.
President Ezra Taft Benson General Conference October 1986
Godly Characteristics of the Master
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1986/10/godlycharacteristics-of-the-master?lang=eng&query=patience
6. After that great First Vision, the Prophet Joseph received no
additional communication for three years. However, he did not
wonder; he did not question; he did not doubt the Lord. He
waited patiently. He taught us the heavenly virtue of patience
by example.
President Thomas S. Monson General Conference October 2005
The Prophet Joseph Smith: Teacher by Example
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/10/the-prophetjoseph-smith-teacher-by-example?lang=eng&query=patience
7. What, then, does it mean to wait upon the Lord? In the
scriptures, the word wait means to hope, to anticipate, and to
trust. To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience,
humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments,
and enduring to the end. To wait upon the Lord means planting
the seed of faith and nourishing it with great diligence, and
patience.
Robert D. Hales General Conference October 2011 Waiting
upon the Lord: Thy Will Be Done https://www.lds.org/generalconference/2011/10/waiting-upon-the-lord-thy-will-be-done?
lang=eng&query=patience

8. Unsurprisingly, hope is intertwined with other gospel doctrines,

especially faith and patience. Just as doubt, despair, and
desensitization go together, so do faith, hope, charity,
and patience. The latter qualities must be carefully and
constantly nurtured, however, whereas doubt and despair, like
dandelions, need little encouragement in order to sprout and
spread. Alas, despair comes so naturally to the natural man!
Patience, for example, permits us to deal more evenly with the
unevenness of lifes experiences.
Neal A. Maxwell General Conference October 1998 Hope
through the Atonement of Jesus Christ
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1998/10/hope-throughthe-atonement-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng&query=patience
9. Patience is a divine attribute. The Book of Mormon invites us to
come to a knowledge of the goodness of God, and his matchless
power, and his wisdom, and his patience, and his long-suffering
towards the children of men.
Russell M. Nelson General Conference October 1991 These
Were Our Examples https://www.lds.org/generalconference/1991/10/these-were-our-examples?
lang=eng&query=patience
10.
The Book of Mormon provides insight into the relationship
between patience and charity. Mormon, after pointing out that if
a man have not charity he is nothing; wherefore he must needs
have charity, goes on to name the 13 elements of charity, or the
pure love of Christ. I find it most interesting that 4 of the 13
elements of this must-have virtue relate to patience
Robert C. Oaks General Conference October 2006 The Power
of Patience https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/10/thepower-of-patience?lang=eng&query=patience