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 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. 
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.
God is with those who persevere.
God is with those who persevere.
It's only a holy grail as long as you don't find it.
It's only a holy grail as long as you don't find it.
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16]
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again. [Proverbs 24:16]
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.
It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake, nor to succeed in order to persevere.
It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake, nor to succeed in order to persevere.
 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. 
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.