Having patience means being able to wait calmly in the face of frustration or adversity, so anywhere there is frustration or adversity -- i.e., nearly everywhere -- we have the opportunity to practice it.
When the UN refused to authorise an attack, the president justified action on the grounds that America could wait no longer in the face of a threatening enemy with such appalling weapons at its disposal.The doctrine of pre-emption is obviously hugely controversial.
Repeated warnings from frazzled parents about how crazy-competitive it was to get into preschools with scary-long wait lists dissolved in the face of our middle aged denial/inertia.
And, as a consequence, I think we have to wait and see how, in the face of the realities of governance, he reacts to it.
If cops want points for bravery, they need to wait before they shoot even in the face of a demonstrably violent suspect.
Empty streets in these areas were soon filled with families waiting for the tankers in the face of threats posed by snipers and mortars, relieved that some assistance had reached them at last.
However, in a sign that action could be imminent to address worries about morale and recruitment in the public sector, senior figures inside both Downing Street and the Treasury admitted that something needed to change, even questioning whether it was feasible to wait until an autumn budget in the face of demands from Tory MPs.
The Times of India says the achievement is important for "a nation that has grappled with high-end cryogenics for two decades" and Sunday "marked the triumphant end of a long wait propelled by resilience in the face of repeated failures".
Reporters stand behind a string of red velvet ropes, waiting to shove a recorder in the face of a senator departing the floor.
Andrew Lansley, the then-health secretary, had criticised waiting time targets as unnecessary and bureaucratic, but in the face of evidence that waiting times were creeping up he introduced a new rule to halt the growing number of patients not being treated within the 18 weeks guaranteed under the NHS constitution.
