Keith Craft: Patience is a virtue only if you have become stronger by what could, should and…
Patience is a virtue only if you have become stronger by what could, should and would have made you weaker...if you had not endured.
The thought behind the quote
Patience is more than just waiting—it’s about enduring with strength. True patience isn’t passive; it’s about being strong enough to remain unbroken by the very things that could have overwhelmed us. It’s about becoming stronger because you endured, instead of letting hard things leave you weaker or discouraged.
The "Marshmallow Test" is a well known psychological experiment. In this study, children were given a choice between eating one marshmallow immediately or waiting to receive two marshmallows later. The study found that those who were able to endure the wait ended up showing higher levels of success later in life. Delayed gratification is a form of endurance—it is about strengthening our ability to withstand immediate temptations for a greater reward. True patience builds the endurance and resilience needed to pursue long-term goals, even when immediate rewards are tempting.
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- Creative persistence is THINKing the right way…BEing the best you can be…DOing what is most important with the right people…with a willingness to keep on growing and changing for the better.” Keith Craft, A Leadershipology.
- Living with a NEVERTHELESS resolve begins with a pre-decision to never settle for less than God has for YOU.
- You have to do more than just 'Go GET' what you want in life; you must GO GRIT IT!"
- Persistence is to keep doing what you know to do, even when doing what you know to do, doesn't seem to be getting any results...knowing that the greatest outcome of doing what you know to do is what YOU BECOME in the process, not what you get from Doing the Process.
- To be worth anything, character must be capable of standing firm upon its feet in the world of daily work, temptation, and trial; and able to bear the wear and tear of actual life. Cloistered virtues do not count for much.
- I trained 4 years to run 9 seconds and people give up when they don’t see results in 2 months.