“Patience is what you have when there are too many witnesses”

“Patience is what you have when there are too many witnesses"is a jocular saying about patience—not losing one’s composure—that has been printed on many images. The saying was posted on Twitter on April 21, 2012.
   
 
Twitter
Gary Sleightholme‏
@Yorkepudd
Patience- the one thing I have plenty of where there are too many witnesses
4:00 PM - 21 Apr 2012
 
Twitter
Laugh365Days‏
@Laugh365Days
Patience: What you have when there are too many witnesses   :D
6:12 PM - 21 Apr 2012
 
Twitter
Alexandra‏
@whimsybiologist
Patience: What you have when there’s too many witnesses.
6:44 PM - 21 Apr 2012
 
Twitter
KATIE MAGNET ; ❤️‏
@KatieMagnet
PATIENCE -What you have when there are too many witnesses 😊
6:58 PM - 21 Apr 2012
 
The Daily Camera (Boulder, CO)
Ex-Boulder cop Christian McCracken sentenced to 90 days jail, 10 years probation
By Mitchell Byars, Camera Staff Writer
POSTED:  04/15/2013 03:01:52 PM MDT
(...)
Brackley added that, at one point, McCracken asked the victim’s sister out on a date and contacted other members of the victims’ families. He also made Facebook posts around the time of his plea deal, writing, “I may look calm in my head but I’ve killed you three times lmao!!!” and, “Patience is what you have to have when there are too many witnesses.”
 
Google Books
Taking Out The Mother Of the Bride and Other Christmas Wishes
By Avery Gale
JK Publishing, Inc.
2014
Pg. ?:
Closing his eyes and trying to summon the patience to deal with her, he remembered the signing hanging in his dad’s office: Patience—what you display when there are too many witnesses. True enough.
   
TravelBlog
Patience is what you have when there are too many witnesses…
Published: October 9th 2014
Much like a bank loan, we’ve been pre-approved!
     
Me.Me
PATIENCE WHAT YOU HAVE WHEN THERE ARE TOO MANY WITNESSES MEME
MEMES PATIENCE 🤖 ARES WITNESS WIT WITNESSED THERE TOO MANI TOO MANY
FOUND @ 21865 LIKES ON 2016-11-12 03:41:00 BY ME.ME
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Google Books
You’ll Think of Me
By Robin Lee Hatcher
New York, NY: HarperCollins
2017
Pg. 232:
“Derek, look at these coasters. She held one up. It had a stick-character man wearing a smile and the words, Patience is what you have when there are too many witnesses.
 
Twitter
Evil Genius Vic‏
@EvilGeniusVic
Patience: What a Sicilian has when there are too many witnesses.
1:26 AM - 9 May 2017