“Patience is power.
Patience is not an absence of action;
rather it is "timing"
it waits on the right time to act,
for the right principles
and in the right way.”
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Fulton J. Sheen78
Catholic bishop and television presenter 1895–1979Related quotes
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Variant: You have passed through 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.
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
“All human power is a compound of time and patience.”
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
Tout pouvoir humain est un composé de patience et de temps. <br class="br"> Eugénie Grandet http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A9nie_Grandet (1833), translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, ch. VI.
“Civil Rights are Human Rights and human rights are Environmental Rights… NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT.”
Jerome Foster II (2002)
FOSTER II: THE NEXT GENERATION LEADING THE WAY https://www.lcv.org/article/jerome-foster-ii-next-generation-leading-way/JEROME authored by League of Conservation Voters.
“I waited for the right project for the right time and it just came together.”
Aaliyah (1979–2001) American singer, actress and model
CBS interview (2000)
“Do not wait; the time will never be "just right."”
Napoleon Hill book Think and Grow Rich
Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.
Source: Think and Grow Rich (1938), p. 127