The strongest of all warriors are these two - Time and Patience.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Endurance and time are the most powerful forces in overcoming challenges.
- In plain terms
- Time and patience are the strongest warriors of all.
- What can you take from it?
- Endure long enough and obstacles will fall.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What are you enduring now?
- When does patience fail?
Another view
Action sometimes beats passive waiting in urgent crises.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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