The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a read more

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is, that one often comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honor bright; to have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, read more

Perseverance, dear my lord,
Keeps honor bright; to have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mock'ry.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

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.

We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.

We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.

The soft droppes of raine perce the hard Marble, many strokes
overthrow the tallest Oke.

The soft droppes of raine perce the hard Marble, many strokes
overthrow the tallest Oke.

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few read more

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

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

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