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.]

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.

The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.

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.

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.

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.

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

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