Patience & silence are both considered virtues that contribute to personal growth & emotional strength. Patience or forbearance is the ability to endure difficult or undesired long-term circumstances.

“First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Make your ego porous. Will is of little importance, complaining is nothing, fame is nothing. Openness, patience, receptivity, solitude is everything.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

“Who is happy? The man with low expectations. Who is successful? The man with high expectations. Who is wise? The man with patience.” — Maxime Lagacé

Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have  ...