Patience and Will

He that can have patience can have what he will.

Commentary

Commentary

A lot of goals are lost in the middle, not at the beginning. Patience keeps your hands on the work long enough for growth to show up. Impatience wants mature fruit from shallow roots. Franklin points toward a slower strength: staying with the process when the reward is not yet visible. This line reflects the long-game logic running through Poor Richard. It reminds us that endurance is often the missing ingredient between desire and attainment.