Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which
grow out of the dust of the earth; read more

The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which
grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope
of man.

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up read more

Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.

The soft droppes of raine perce the hard Marble, many strokes
overthrow the tallest Oke.

The soft droppes of raine perce the hard Marble, many strokes
overthrow the tallest Oke.

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.

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.

The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.

The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.

We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.

We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.

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.