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Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is read more
Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.
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.
It's only a holy grail as long as you don't find it.
It's only a holy grail as long as you don't find it.
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.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there read more
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are.
Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are.
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.]
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier read more
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
