It’s not
usually a stroke of genius that brings greatness, but a lifetime of patience
and persistence with perseverance.
June’s Awakening, Day 30
The weak man is impetuous, the strong
is patient.
—Proverb
True patience grows with the growth of
love.
—Gregory the Great
Patience is a necessary ingredient of
genius.
—Benjamin Disraeli
If
I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient
attention, than to any other talent.
—Isaac Newton
You,
however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith,
patience, love, endurance, persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things
happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet
the Lord rescued me from all of them. 2 Timothy 3:10–11 NIV
Preach
the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with
great patience and careful instruction. 2 Timothy 4:2 NIV
Patience takes great strength, great
love, and is an essential hallmark of virtually every great invention and
discovery. The invention of the light bulb, the airplane, and most discoveries
in medicine took painstaking failure after failure before finding the right
formula and combination of knowledge and materials that worked. Great
discoveries are not wrought, nor Nobel prizes won on a sudden whim or chance
roll of the dice. They often take lifetimes of persistence, perseverance, and
patience. Most of the time, the answers don’t just pop into our head and poof,
there we have the next greatest invention of mankind. It often takes lifetimes
and the building upon prior lifetimes to come to greatness and genius.
Remember, every failure is one step closer to success. Knowing what doesn’t
work is just as important as discovering what does.
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