Patience as a family value
Patience is a quiet value with loud consequences: fewer slammed doors, better homework sessions, more time for the slowest walker. A creed line about patience works when it admits that everyone runs out of it sometimes, and says what the family does then: take a breath, count to ten, ask for a minute.
Family mottos about patience
- Slow and steady
- Make haste slowly
- All in good time
- Breathe first
- Be patient. Love deeply.
- Be patient. Be kind. Stand together.
- Patience and forgiveness
Latin mottos with patience
In Latin, patience is Patientia. Paired with another value it makes a classic two-word motto.
- Festina Lente
- Make haste slowly
- Patientia et Amore
- By patience and love
- Patientia et Benignitate
- By patience and kindness
- Patientia et Fidelitate
- By patience and faithfulness
- Patientia et Clementia
- By patience and mercy
- Patientia et Labore
- By patience and work
- Patientia et Perseverantia
- By patience and perseverance
- Patientia et Humilitate
- By patience and humility
Creed lines about patience
Classic (timeless and formal)
We are patient with one another, for every good thing takes time.
We wait with grace and act with care.
We let each one grow at their own pace.
Warm (heartfelt and plain-spoken)
We take a deep breath before we speak.
We give each other time to learn and grow.
We're patient, because good things take time.
Playful (funny, but still true)
We wait our turn. Even for the bathroom.
We are patient, mostly. Ask us again in five minutes.
We count to ten, and sometimes to twenty.
A sample creed built around patience
This is what the generator writes for a family whose answers put patience first, in the classic tone. Your family's own answers will change the lines, and you can edit every one.
Here is what our family stands for:
We wait with grace and act with care.
Love is the first law of this house.
We are gentle with the weak and patient with the weary.
This is our way.
Patience in heraldry
Vert (green) is the color most often tied to patience: traditionally hope, joy and loyalty in love. Symbols that suit it:
Talk about it at the table
- Who in our family is the most patient? How do they do it?
- When do you run out of patience fastest?
- What could we do when someone needs a minute to calm down?