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The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers read more
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which
grow out of the dust of the earth; read more
The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which
grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope
of man.
No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.
No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.
The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant
falling.
[Lat., Gutta cavat lapidem non read more
The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant
falling.
[Lat., Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo.]
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
But Hercules himself must yield to odds;
And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hews down read more
But Hercules himself must yield to odds;
And many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hews down and fells the hardest-timbered oak.
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
