In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.

In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience.

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

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

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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 fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
[Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
[Fr., La patience est amere, mais son fruit est doux.]

Rule by patience, Laughing Water!

Rule by patience, Laughing Water!

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

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

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.