Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will
march straight ahead without looking back.

Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will
march straight ahead without looking back.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
The strife and the discouragement!

For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
The strife and the discouragement!

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people read more

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race

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.

If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces read more

If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.