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Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles read more
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.
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.
Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are.
Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there read more
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
 For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
 The strife and the discouragement!  
 For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
 The strife and the discouragement! 
 Perseverance, dear my lord,
 Keeps honor bright; to have done, is to hang
  Quite out of fashion, read more 
 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. 
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.