Exactly. A virtue is a personality trait that allows you to do things people without that virtue can't do. That does not mean that this virtue does not come without downsides in other situations. Someone who is couraged may put themselves into deadly danger in the wrong situation for example.
A patient person can solve e.g. technological issues others with less patience cannot. A person with a lot of patience can also endure more abuse before taking countermeasures — this can be both good and bad for them, depending on the situation.
The cool thing about the virtue of patience is that given enough experience patient people can decide with whom or what to be patient with, so if they smell abuse they can cut it short.
The opposite isn't true of impatient people. If they encounter a situation where a little bit of patience would have given them a prefered outcome they cannot just "decide" to be patient. Being impatient means just that: you can't regulate your emotions even if it would be preferential for you if you did.
A patient person can solve e.g. technological issues others with less patience cannot. A person with a lot of patience can also endure more abuse before taking countermeasures — this can be both good and bad for them, depending on the situation.
The cool thing about the virtue of patience is that given enough experience patient people can decide with whom or what to be patient with, so if they smell abuse they can cut it short.
The opposite isn't true of impatient people. If they encounter a situation where a little bit of patience would have given them a prefered outcome they cannot just "decide" to be patient. Being impatient means just that: you can't regulate your emotions even if it would be preferential for you if you did.