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“If you can wait and not be tired by waiting.”
Patience is portrayed as active endurance: the ability to continue without letting delay become defeat.
Source note: If—, first stanza; the line frames patience as sustained conduct under delay.
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“Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof.”
Starting matters, but finishing reveals whether effort was sustained through the middle of the work.
Source note: Ecclesiastes 7:8 in the King James Version; the verse continues by praising patience over pride.
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“Slow and steady wins the race.”
The moral values sustained progress over bursts of speed that are not matched by attention or follow-through.
Source note: Traditional English moral associated with the fable; wording is later than the ancient Greek tradition.
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“Little strokes fell great oaks.”
Small repeated efforts can accomplish work that seems too large for a single burst of effort, making consistency itself a practical form of strength.
Source note: Poor Richard’s Almanack; a compact maxim about cumulative effort.
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“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”
Persistent effort improves the odds of useful results because steady work creates more opportunities for progress than waiting for favorable circumstances.
Source note: Poor Richard’s Almanack; the maxim appears in Franklin’s collected Poor Richard material.
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“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
The proverb presents patience as a practical advantage in goals that require time rather than immediate reward.
Source note: Poor Richard’s Almanack.