Famous Quotes

"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."

Ernie Banks on Patience

More quotes about Patience

• "Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."

  Carl Jung on Patience

• "Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come."

  Robert H. Schuller on Patience

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

  Napoleon Hill on Patience

• "We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."

  Helen Keller on Patience

• "How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

  William Shakespeare on Patience

More quotes by Ernie Banks

• "I learned from Mr. Wrigley, early in my career, that loyalty wins and it creates friendships. I saw it work for him in his business."

• "I own stock, and I also insure my car with Geico."

• "Loyalty and friendship, which is to me the same, created all the wealth that I've ever thought I'd have."

• "But it all comes down to friendship, treating people right."

• "You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace."