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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a read more

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

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.]

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.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.