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We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.
We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
God helps those who persevere.
God helps those who persevere.
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]
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier read more
There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
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.
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.]