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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is read more

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

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.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people read more

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race