The two hardest tests on the spiritual road: the patience to wait for the right moment and the courage not to be disappointed with what you encounter.[Passaram pelos dois testes mais duros no caminho espiritual: a paciência para esperar o momento certo, e a coragem de não se decepcionar com o que encontraram.]
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.
The small fry were left alone. Why? Because through them, sooner or later, we got the big fellow – the man at the top.
The old ones they laugh last sometimes, when the young, clever ones do not laugh at all.
The more in haste, the less the speed.
The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small.
Patience, and shuffle the cards.[translation by John Willis Clark]Patience and shuffle.[translation by John Ormsby][Digo, paciencia y barajar.]
Patience is the mother of all virtues. And the godmother of madness.
Patience is sottish, and impatience does become a dog that’s mad.
Patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts.
Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.[Dog dertil udfordres Udholdenhed, og man kan ikke strax høste, hvor man har saaet.]
Patience is always rewarded and romance is just around the corner.
