patience is a virtue
English
Proverb
patience
is
a
virtue
It is better to be
patient
than impatient.
Synonyms
good things come to those who wait
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
,
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