Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

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.

For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
The strife and the discouragement!

For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
The strife and the discouragement!

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

How long should you try? Until.

How long should you try? Until.

Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honor bright; to have done, is to hang
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Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honor bright; to have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mock'ry.

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.