...Stoic teacher Epictetus who- said, " No great thing is brought to perfection suddenly — not even a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you would at this minute have a fig, I will answer you that it requires time. The tree must first blossom...

...within, — and what need have they of light to see what you are doing ? ' chap. xiv. Xo great tiling is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes...Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. chap. xv. Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and...

...consider what they can bear. No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or figs. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you,...Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Since, then, the fruit of a fig tree is not brought to perfection suddenly or in an hour, do you think...

...add a rock or two and a shade-loving ground cover or specimen plant and call the area a moss garden. No great thing is created suddenly, any more than...fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. Epictetus Fruit in the Landscape Most of us like the idea of...

...cool patience. — The Queen in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Patience 275 Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes...blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. — Epictetus The secret of patience: do something else in the meantime. — Anonymous The most extraordinary thing...

...started my quest." "Let your understanding be your action," cautioned Kierkegaard. Epictetus added, "No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then...

...of mortality, of morbidity, and of the economic impact of injuries were discussed in Chapters 1-5. No great thing is created suddenly, any more than...blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. — Epictetus, Discourses, bk 1, ch 15, 55-135 cE Table 14.1. Steps to develop an injury control program 1 . Identify...

...short-term profits. Such purblind thinking and policy making cannot encourage industry to innovate. "No great thing is created suddenly. Any more than...Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen". So it is with any commercially viable new product or service. Innovation always involves risk. We can...

...one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. 3396 Nothing great le' Away! away! for I will 3397 There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond...

...who employs us urges us on. You are not called to complete the work, but are you free to give it up? No great thing is created suddenly, any more than...blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen. (Epictetus) A king asked his son to hire two men to fill a deep pit. The first, upon looking into the pit, exclaimed...