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Patient Quotes

On waiting, patience, and treatment.

These Be Patient quotes use the idea of a patient in more than one sense, comparing struggling products and policy debates to medical cases, alongside more personal reflections on learning patience from a parent.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the major achievement of President Obama's first term.

Quotes by Adam Cohen

The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.

Quotes by Abraham Verghese

Policy change is nothing if it's not patient work.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

I've just got to stay patient, take my walks when I can, hunt the mistakes, and get on base.

Quotes by Aaron Judge

About Quotes

Keep your head up and be patient.

Quotes by A. J. McLean

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

Quotes by A. J. McLean

I have learned to be patient.

Quotes by Yuan Yuan Tan

I would consider my dad a pretty patient guy, but there was no tolerance for spoiled behavior.

Quotes by Wyatt Russell

Arguably Apple's least successful core hardware product in decades, the Apple Watch could have been nursed along, like a terminal patient.

Quotes by Walt Mossberg

Be Patient Quotes

Legislators should demand that we not go through the entire pension reform debate just to apply a band-aid when this patient needs a quadruple bypass.

Quotes by Walker Stapleton

I'm an obsessive sports fan, which my wife is incredibly patient about.

Quotes by Ty Burrell

There are lots of dimensions to being a cancer patient. The overwhelming one is that it takes over your life.

Quotes by Tom Brokaw

Penn State University is also nationally recognized for the exceptional research and patient care provided at the College of Medicine, located in my Congressional District in Hershey, PA.

Quotes by Tim Holden

I'm not a patient person.

Quotes by Thomas Tuchel

Care Quotes

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

Quotes by Thomas Holcroft

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir.

Quotes by Thomas Fuller

Fatherhood has changed me, I've become more patient.

Quotes by Sourav Ganguly

A lot of the guys worry about their form. For me, it is just about being persistent and patient.

Quotes by Shikhar Dhawan

I'm a terrible patient, and I find that doctors can be very condescending.

Quotes by Sherry Stringfield

Doctor Quotes

Maybe I'm a little biased, but shows like 'Dexter' and 'Southland,' I'm just enthralled by that sort of storytelling, kind of clever and patient.

Quotes by Shawn Hatosy

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "patient" mean across this quote collection?
Two senses of the word appear side by side: patient as in a medical patient, and patient as in the personal quality of tolerance. One quote compares Apple Watch to a terminal patient being nursed along, another compares pension reform to a patient needing more than a band-aid, and a third is simply about learning to be patient as a trait.
Is there a quote here using "patient" as a metaphor rather than literally?
Yes, two of them. Apple's least successful hardware product is compared to a terminal patient being kept alive rather than let go, and pension reform debate is compared to applying a band-aid when the real problem needs a quadruple bypass — both using medical language to describe non-medical decline.
Does this collection include a quote about family and patience?
Yes, one describes a father as a pretty patient guy overall, but notes there was no tolerance for spoiled behavior, a specific, balanced characterization rather than a blanket statement about patience.
Why search for "patient" quotes specifically?
The word's double meaning, medical and personal, makes it useful for both healthcare content and character-trait writing, which is why this set pairs well with both Care quotes and Be Patient quotes.
What other topics go well with Patient quotes?
For the strictly medical-patient angle, Doctor quotes and Doctors quotes complement this collection, especially alongside the Apple Watch and pension-reform metaphors.

For related themes of steadiness and support, see our Care quotes and Doctor quotes.