Patience is not passivity; it is the active practice of work... - Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

This quote is attributed to Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.

"Patience is not passivity; it is the active practice of working steadily toward a distant goal."

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin Patience

Astronomer and Astrophysicist English-American 1900–1979

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