Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«La paciencia todo lo alcanza.»
¿Cómo se dice «La paciencia todo lo alcanza» en inglés? Patience achieves everything.
Word for word
Patience reaches everything.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Patience achieves everything.
A motivational saying used to remind someone that perseverance and calm waiting will eventually yield results.
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Hear it in a sentence
Sigue intentando, que la paciencia todo lo alcanza.
Keep trying, because patience achieves everything.
More Spanish sayings
- Quien espera, alcanza. — Those who wait, achieve.
- Todo a su tiempo. — Everything in its own time.
- Todo llega para quien sabe esperar. — Good things come to those who wait.
- A su tiempo maduran las uvas. — Everything ripens in its own time.
- De grano en grano, llena la gallina el buche. — Little by little, one goes far.
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