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Patience and fortitude conquer all things
Patience and fortitude conquer all things
Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
Patience: A minor form of despair disguised as a virtue.
 Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
 Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
  That neither by read more 
 Thus with hir fader for a certeyn space
 Dwelleth this flour of wyfly pacience,
  That neither by hir wordes ne his face
   Biforn the fold, ne eek in her absence,
    Ne shewed she that hir was doon offence. 
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
 Endurance is the crowning quality,
 And patience all the passion of great hearts.  
 Endurance is the crowning quality,
 And patience all the passion of great hearts. 
I worked with patience which means almost power.
I worked with patience which means almost power.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.