Rome wasn't built in a day, and Bitcoin won't take off to the moon right now. It will take a lot of improvement, a lot of new technology and a lot of hard work.
The people who buy in rallies and sell during bear markets and then don't believe in bitcoin anymore are clowns. If the price went to 25k in the next few months I guarantee it that the community will double maybe even quadruple in just a few days.
And then if it dropped back to 15k, suddenly most of these people will disappear again. They won't believe in bitrcoin and they will not care.
If you don't want your money to be created by bankers and the government at their whim the actual price of bitcoin is secondary. Bitcoin is a central part of the puzzle when it comes to the people getting back their sovereignty.
Such users will only come when they are profitable, and I'm sure that in every asset there is something like that too. Honestly, I think loyalty is something that is very difficult to get even for gold, I agree about patience above all else because that is what makes users prove that they are loyal. But patience must also be followed by action because if you just wait then the result will be the same. Bitcoin is indeed categorized as freedom where transactions via p2p are a good choice for those who don't want to depend on the bank, but it also has disadvantage.