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

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

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers read more

The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.

God is with those who persevere.

God is with those who persevere.

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.

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.

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.

So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse
Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,
Yet gives not o'er read more

So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse
Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,
Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success.

I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.

I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.