PatienceGeorges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: Genius is nothing but a great capacity for patience.Genius is nothing but a great capacity for patience.Georges-Louis Leclerc de BuffonCommonly attributedSourceFrom the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893Copy quoteShareMake an imageRelatedMan without patience is the lamp without oil, and pride in a rage is a bad counsellor.Alfred de MussetHumilityPatienceCommonly attributedThere is no well-doing, no godlike doing, that is not patient doing.Josiah Gilbert HollandExcellencePatienceCommonly attributedEvery quote on Patience