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Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles read more
Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.
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.
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.]
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up read more
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
