How hard is it for you just to sit still?
La constancia y el estudio hacen a los hombres grandes, y los hombres grandes son el porvenir de la Patria.
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past. Therefore we need enlightenment. We need more light about each other. Light creates understanding, understanding creates love, love creates patience, and patience creates unity. Once we have more knowledge [light] about each other, we will stop condemning each other and a United front will be brought about.
But influence is largely a matter of patience, I have found. Once I had served the sorcerer's purpose, he threw me out of his house to die. I resolved to live to spite him. I begged. I sold what pans of my body remained to me. I became an excellent thief, and soon learned that the contents of a man's letters are more valuable than the contents of ms purse Step by step. one distasteful task after another, I made my way from the shims of Myr to the Small Council chamber Influence grows like a weed. I tended mine patiently until its tendrils reached from the Red Keep all the way across to the far side of the world, where I managed to wrap them around something very special.
I am learning to control my resentment, not to be so impatient, to wait for things.
I guess I'm growing up.
Please do bear in mind that I am not the patient type.
Hard work betrays none, but dreams betray many. Working hard alone doesn’t assure you that you’ll achieve your dreams. Actually there are more cases where you don’t. Even so, working hard and achieving something is some consolation at least.”
... and acknowledge the advantages of early hardship and discipline, and the consciousness of being born to struggle and endure.
Mit Geduld und Zeit wird ein Maulbeerblatt zum Atlaskleid.