Ecclesiastes 7:8 in the World English Bible
Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Context
7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.