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. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. |