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Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
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.]
The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.
The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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.
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.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.
The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.
