Good things come to those who wait

Meaning: Patience is rewarded.

Origin: English proverb, popularized by Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie in 1892.

Translations

• French: Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre (literally: Everything comes in time to those who know how to wait)
• Spanish: La paciencia es la madre de la ciencia (literally: Patience is the mother of science)
• Japanese: 果報は寝て待て (Kahō wa nete mate) (literally: Good fortune comes while sleeping and waiting)

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