all chiefs and no Indians

See too many chiefs and not enough indians.

all commend patience, but none can endure to suffer It is far easier to tell somebody else to be patient than to be patient yourself: She said I should wait and see, but it was difficult to take her advice—all commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. The proverb was first recorded in
1948 in a U.S. proverb collection.