Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

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.

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.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Attempt the end and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out.

Attempt the end and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out.

Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.

Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

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.

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.