Sitting patiently, my mother read a magazine in the waiting room. a. sitting patiently b. in the waiting room c. my mother read d. read a magazine

The participial phrase here is A, sitting patiently. Because all other answers are not correct. In the waiting room is adverbial phrase for place, my mother read is just a regular sentence, not a phrase, as well as read a magazine. So the answer is A, sitting patiently, as sitting is present participle.

1st Quotation → People have individual purposes that they should be free to pursue despite the actions of others.

2nd Quotation → Rushing to pursue something when the circumstances are not right can lead to disastrous results.

Explanation:

Looking the given quotations, you will discover that the explanations connected to them are correct.

The first quotation talks about one not keeping pace with his companions due to another drummer he hears. He is expected to step into his own music which he hears. This then means everyone definitely have individual purposes in life and should be free to pursue it. The actions of others shouldn't interfere or influence such individual purposes.

The second quotation refers to not doing something when the conditions or circumstances suitable for such thing has not yet being realized or else it can be shipwrecked (disastrous). This is what the explanation also refers to.