Patience is not passivity; it is the wisdom to know when to ... - Leopold Sédar Senghor

This quote is attributed to Leopold Sédar Senghor.

"Patience is not passivity; it is the wisdom to know when to act and when to wait."

Leopold Sédar Senghor Patience

President, Poet Senegalese 1906–2001

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