“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”

— Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

About Edmund Burke

1729 – 1797

Irish statesman and political philosopher, author of "Reflections on the Revolution in France".

“Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.”

“Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.”

“Custom reconciles us to every thing.”

“He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.”

“Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.”

“Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.”

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”

“Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.”

“Patience is the art of hoping.”