patience is a virtue

English

Proverb

patience is a virtue

1. It is better to be patient than impatient.

   Synonym: good things come to those who wait

Related terms

• overpatient
• patience of an angel
• patience of a saint

Translations

it is better to be patient than impatient

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忍耐是一種美德 / 忍耐是一种美德 (rěnnài shì yī zhǒng měidé), 欲速則不達 / 欲速则不达 (zh) (yù sù zé bù dá), 慢工出細活 / 慢工出细活 (zh) (màngōng chū xìhuó)

• Danish: tålmodighed er en dyd
• Dutch: Geduld is een schone zaak
• Finnish: kärsivällisyys on hyve, maltti on valttia
• German: Geduld ist eine Tugend
• Hungarian: a türelem rózsát terem (hu)
• Italian: dare tempo al tempo (it), la pazienza è la virtù dei forti
• Macedonian: трпение - спасение (trpenie - spasenie, literally “Patience is salvation”)
• Maltese: il-paċenzja hija virtù
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tålmodighet er en dyd

• Portuguese: a paciência é uma virtude
• Spanish: la paciencia es una virtud, la paciencia es la madre de la ciencia (literally “patience is the mother of science”)
• Swedish: tålamod är en dygd
• Welsh: amynedd yw mam pob doethineb (literally “patience is the mother of wisdom”)
• Yoruba: sùúrù lérè

See also

• haste makes waste
• revenge is a dish best served cold