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Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are.
Stay the course, light a star,Change the world where'er you are.
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.]
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under read more
The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.
If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces read more
If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.
I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.
I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.
We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.
We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.
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.
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.