I would like to first and foremost advice all of you to get hold of the book and read it as I found in extremely beneficial and inshaaAllah you will too.

Chapter 1
* Definition of Patience
-Abu 'Uthman: "the one who has patience is the one who has trained himself to handle difficultie"
-Amr Ibn Uthman al-Makki: "Patience means to keep close to Allah and to accept calmly the trials He sends, without complaining or feeling sad"
-Al-Khawwas: "patience means to adhere to the Qur'an and Sunnah"
-"Patience means to refrain from complaining"
-Ali Ibn Abi Talib "patience means to seek Allah's help"

*complaint
-To Allah - doesnt contradict patience
-to people (words, behaviour, look) - contradictory to patience

-----------------------------------Patience
-------------------------------/--------------\
------------------------------/----------------\
----------------------1. Driving force-|-------2. restraining force
--------------------towards good deeds,-----|--from following whims and
----------------- patience to-------------|----desires, doing forbidden
---------------------fast, pray, etc...------|----------things

One may lack in one and have more of the other

Another definition of Patience: "means that one's common sense and religious motives are STRONGER than one's whims and desires"
->natural to have an inclination towards desires but Religion should limit.