True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion.
Observing your thoughts, feelings & sensations is the grist of the practice.
Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.
Patience lives in the gap between our experience of an event and our response to that experience.
Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.
The practice of lovingkindness can uplift us & relieve sorrow & unhappiness.