A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Patience is a foundational virtue that enables mastery in other areas of life.
- In plain terms
- If you can control your patience, you can control anything else.
- What can you take from it?
- Develop patience to gain control over other aspects of life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you lack patience?
- How does patience help you?
Another view
Patience alone does not guarantee success in all fields.
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