Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

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.

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a read more

Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.

We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.

We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.

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.

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.

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

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

The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.

The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.