Courageous Patience

Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience. 

Courageous patience— Transformational change will not occur overnight the journey will be long and difficult, but we must stay the course. 

Prof. Smithells opened the discussion by saying that he was somewhat breathless at the papers they had heard. It required a great deal of courage for scientific workers to bring forward such results, and they must admire it. Their courage, he thought, was justified, for their experimental record was such as to justify what in others would have been extremely rash. He paid a generous tribute to the care and patience with which Mr. Patterson had conducted the experiments in his laboratory at Leeds. Of the work of Prof. Collie and Sir... 

Renewed research can be expected to require patience, courage and... 

Quite in line with the above quoted comment by Haskell, such partnership will mainly require courage, effort and patience to overcome a divisive language barrier. It is, I believe, the only barrier that stands in the way to a meeting of minds, and to an explosive acceleration towards major insights and revelations. 

I wish to express my gratitude to an Editorial Board which is diligent, capable, and extremely cooperative. In addition, my thanks are offered to the contributors of this volume for their efforts and enthusiasm. Finally, I d like to acknowledge the patience of my wife, Joanne, and my family. My special best wishes go to my son, Paul, for his courage and determination. 

This book is dedicated with affection to my wife Irene, whose courage, good humor, and patience have been an inspiration to me. 

Speak its truth about an important decision Especially when the decision is hinged on fiscal imperatives, this takes courage, a willingness to communicate outside of your comfort zone, patience, and love. 

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