Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under read more

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.

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.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

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

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

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.

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.]

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.