It's a necessity. Calling it a virtue puts it under the choice of faith and religious affiliations. Patience is good but actually combining it with meaningful work, planning and targeted focus is a killer combo.
Many people are in a hurry. We all want some things to happen so quickly but the real miracles take time to manifest. Fine it has already manifested in the other realm but you need patience for the universe to bring it to physical life.
Count your eggs as they hatch. Name them one by one. Shakespare wasn't joking when he said that "life is in stages!" Do one thing at a time.
That's what we are achieving on @Air-Clinic! We see people start and burnout. Many months later we are still here. Slowly and steadily we are growing day by day and also figuring out how to retain the growth.
SOMEDAY, IT WILL BE LIKE MAGIC! People will wonder where all the growth came from not knowing it has been happening all along!