ProverbPerseverance
Turkish origin
Turkish originSabreden derviş muradına ermiş
Meaning: Those who wait patiently get what they want in the end.
Literally: The patient dervish got his wish
Example: “Üç yıl bekledi ama sonunda istediği işe girdi. Sabreden derviş muradına ermiş.” — He waited three years but finally got the job he wanted: good things come to those who wait.
Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, 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)
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)
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)
Origin: The dervish, a member of a Sufi order, stands for a life of patient devotion; the verb is in the storytelling past, as if told of a dervish long ago.
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