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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
[Fr., Patience et longueur de read more
By time and toil we sever
What strength and rage could never.
[Fr., Patience et longueur de temps.
Font plus que force ni que rage.]
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the read more
Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Beware the fury of a patient man.
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. read more
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
