Patience and long-term thinking
Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.
— Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), Contarini Fleming (1832), Part 4, Chapter 5.

Patience and long-term thinking

What it means

Genius needs patience as much as talent. Great work takes time to develop.

About the author

Benjamin Disraeli — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874–1880).

Source and verification

Source
Contarini Fleming (1832), Part 4, Chapter 5.
Reference
Benjamin Disraeli on Wikiquote
Checked
Wording and source taken from the sourced section of the author’s Wikiquote page, which cites the work given here (accessed 2026-10-11).
Copyright
Public domain: the author died in 1881.

The explanation above is ToDoMatriX’s own reading of the quote, not the author’s words.

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