Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope

All human wisdom is summed up in two words - wait and hope

But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.

But the waiting time, my brothers,
Is the hardest time of all.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be
beneficial.
[Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi read more

Have patience and endure; this unhappiness will one day be
beneficial.
[Lat., Perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim.]

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.