Sentence examples for patience opposition from inspiring English sources

Difficulties, instead of irritating him as they do most men, only increased his reliance on patience; opposition, instead of ulcerating, only made him more tolerant and determined.

Tensions with Turkey's large Kurdish population have risen in recent days as Kurdish activists have intensified their calls for greater autonomy, hoping to pressure the Turkish government, which has backed the Arab revolts but has shown limited patience for opposition or street protests in its own country.

But the message was equally one of patience, with opposition leaders apparently using the protest to gauge the political mood just months after a majority of Georgians rallied to the side of Mr. Saakashvili in the face of a Russian invasion.

Those lining the streets had little patience for the opposition.

"I will not stop or lose patience with the opposition," he said.

He had little patience for political opposition but used close ties with France to turn Ivory Coast into the richest French-speaking African country.

This is why the average Russian, and the average Russian liberal, and most professional Russia watchers are losing patience with the opposition establishment in Russia, which has produced precious few results.

Revolution seemed inevitable as the new year approached, and Kraft captured the confusion of the regime and the strategic patience of the opposition: By validating the revolution and pledging early free elections, the Shah presumably hoped to put a straitjacket on the soldiers even as he handed over power to them.

After losing patience with the opposition and their changing demands, the regime's hardliners have got their security clampdown, the reformers have been sidelined and negotiations on political reform have stalled.

He does not always practise what he preaches, but he does understand that opposition requires patience and a dogged sense of purpose the very opposite of the qualities needed to sell newspapers.

The virtues of discipline and patience that long-haul opposition requires come far less easily to Tories.