Patience Quotes

The hardest virtue. Waiting, enduring, and trusting that things take the time they take.

17396 quotes

P
"Patience in research is rewarded with deeper understanding."
Paul Samuelson
P
"Patience in building institutions pays dividends across generations."
Paul Samuelson
S
"Long-term economic analysis requires the patience of a historian and the rigor of a scientist."
Simon Kuznets
J
"To be an economist requires patience, clarity, and humility."
Joan Robinson
K
"The pursuit of perfection can be the enemy of the good."
Kenneth Boulding
P
"Patience and persistence eventually overcome all obstacles."
Paul Samuelson
M
"Patience in the pursuit of freedom is patience in the pursuit of justice."
Milton Friedman
"Patience is not inaction; it is strategic waiting."
Vilfredo Pareto
P
"Patience in analysis prevents hasty decisions that harm the future."
Paul Samuelson
S
"Long-term economic trends require patience to observe and interpret correctly."
Simon Kuznets
S
"The study of economic growth requires patience, precision, and perspective."
Simon Kuznets
S
"The relationship between nations' economic positions changes more slowly than political leaders acknowledge."
Simon Kuznets
"Patience is not a virtue of the ambitious; it is a necessity for the calculating."
Vilfredo Pareto
K
"Patience is the practice of accepting what cannot be rushed."
Kenneth Boulding
K
"Patience is not passivity; it is active waiting, full of intention and purpose."
Kenneth Boulding
"Patience is the virtue of the strong, not the weak."
Irving Fisher
"Patience is not passivity; it is strategic restraint."
Irving Fisher
"Patience is the ability to tolerate delay and disappointment."
Thorstein Veblen
"Patience is the virtue that permits us to grow."
Thorstein Veblen
"Patient capital is the engine of economic growth."
Alfred Marshall
"Patience in adversity is a mark of great character."
Alfred Marshall
"Patience is the virtue of those too weak to act immediately."
Vilfredo Pareto
T
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Thomas Malthus
T
"Haste often leads to ruin."
Thomas Malthus
"Patience is not the absence of action, but action tempered with wisdom."
Vilfredo Pareto
"Patience is the virtue that separates the visionary from the dreamer."
Joseph Schumpeter
"Patience teaches what haste destroys: the true nature of consequences."
Joseph Schumpeter
"Patience is the virtue that allows good intentions to mature into achievements."
Alfred Marshall
"Patience is the art of expecting delayed gratification without losing sight of the goal."
Alfred Marshall
"Patience in investing is rewarded; impatience is punished."
Irving Fisher