ProverbPerseveranceSpanish origin

La paciencia es la madre de la ciencia

Meaning: Patience is the key to learning and mastery.

Literally: Patience is the mother of science

Example: “No te frustres con el violín. La paciencia es la madre de la ciencia.” — Don't get frustrated with the violin: good things come to those who wait.

Equivalents in English, French, Japanese, German, Italian, and 3 more languages

  • English: Good things come to those who wait
  • French: Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre (literally: Everything comes in time to those who know how to wait)
  • Japanese: 果報は寝て待て (Kahō wa nete mate) (literally: Good fortune comes while sleeping and waiting)
  • German: Geduld bringt Rosen (literally: Patience brings roses)
  • Italian: Chi la dura la vince (literally: Whoever holds out wins)
  • Portuguese: Quem espera sempre alcança (literally: Whoever waits always gets there)
  • Arabic: الصبر مفتاح الفرج (Aṣ-ṣabr miftāḥ al-faraj) (literally: Patience is the key to relief)
  • Turkish: Sabreden derviş muradına ermiş (literally: The patient dervish got his wish)

Origin: Ciencia here means knowledge: patience gives birth to it. Paciencia and ciencia rhyme.

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