Sabr or Patience and being a practical solution to the problems faced in the outside world are also a means of positive character building. One who fails to exercise patience gives free rein to negative thoughts and feelings and develops a likewise negative personality, while one who remains patient is so morally bolstered by his positive thoughts and feelings that he develops a positive personality. Sabr is no retreat. Sabr only amounts to taking the initiative along the path of wisdom and reason instead of the path of emotions. Sabr gives one the strength to restrain one’s emotions in delicate situations and instead use one’s brain to find a course of action along result-oriented lines. Success in the present world is destined only for those who adopt the path of patience in adverse circumstances.