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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.
It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.
It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.
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.
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.
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse
Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,
Yet gives not o'er read more
So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse
Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,
Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success.
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.]
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a read more
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.
No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.
No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.