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I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.
I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.
We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
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.
It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake, nor to succeed in order to persevere.
It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake, nor to succeed in order to persevere.
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.
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death
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.