Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Impatience asks for the impossible, wants to reach the goal without the means of getting there. The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.
An opportunity missed once will present itself again, whereas a too hasty action can never be recalled.
You just stay patient, that's all.
There's a process to everything. If you fast track or make shortcuts in any way, and you get too much of one thing, you're just out of balance.
In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
Impatience never commanded success.
The more patient we are, the more understanding we become.
Impatience dries the blood sooner than age or sorrow.
Patience is a virtue, but impatience gets things done.
God's delays are not God's denials.
In this life, I've learned to be patient. And I'm still learning... Even now, I wish things would go quicker.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.
A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.
Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time -- or never.
Instant gratification is not soon enough.
Nobody knows what anticipation is anymore. Everything is so immediate.
Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
Have patience, Radicals—Rome wasn't burnt in a day.
Things don't have to come to you in your youth. It's fine for them to come to you when you get older. That's a motto in my household.
How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
In my older age, I've learned to take things slower, because I used to be that total-fall-in-love-after-a-day guy.
Get to part B, Daniel. Think fast. Patience is a virtue, and you know how Cam feels about those.
