No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.

Force can delay a change for a long time, but it struggles against something that enough people have come to believe is right. When conditions ripen, an idea spreads faster than it can be suppressed, and attempts to crush it can lend it strength. That does not mean the waiting is painless, and many have suffered while that moment was still arriving.

If you are working for a change that seems hopeless, it may help to remember that timing is rarely visible from inside. Keep doing the patient groundwork that prepares the moment. Readiness can arrive suddenly after years of apparently nothing.