Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«Todo llega para quien sabe esperar.»
¿Cómo se dice «Todo llega para quien sabe esperar» en inglés? Good things come to those who wait.
Word for word
Everything arrives for the one who knows how to wait.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: Good things come to those who wait.
Said to encourage patience when someone is anxious about results or waiting for something good. It reassures that patience will be rewarded.
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Hear it in a sentence
No te desesperes por el ascenso; todo llega para quien sabe esperar.
Don't despair about the promotion; everything arrives for the one who knows how to wait.
More Spanish sayings
- La paciencia todo lo alcanza. — Patience achieves everything.
- Quien espera, alcanza. — Those who wait, achieve.
- Haz el bien y no mires a quién. — Do good without expecting anything in return.
- 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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