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It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.
It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.
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]
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.
God helps those who persevere.
God helps those who persevere.
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
Try and fail, but don't fail to try.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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.]
For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
The strife and the discouragement!
For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
The strife and the discouragement!