
“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”
Bk. X, ch. 16
War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)
Source: War and Peace
“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”
Bk. X, ch. 16
War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)
“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”
Bk. X, ch. 16
Source: War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
As quoted in Thomas Alva Edison : Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life (1908) by Francis Arthur Jones, p. 14.
1900s
Paraphrasing Victor Hugo when speaking about the Civil Rights Act of 1964 http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Civil_Rights_Filibuster_Ended.htm (10 June 1964)
1960s
“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
Patience et longueur de temps
Font plus que force ni que rage.
Book II (1668), fable 11.
Fables (1668–1679)