Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

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

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

I worked with patience which means almost power.

I worked with patience which means almost power.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

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 minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

Patience is a minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

His patient soul endures what Heav'n ordains,
But neither feels nor fears ideal pains.

His patient soul endures what Heav'n ordains,
But neither feels nor fears ideal pains.