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The waters wear the stones: thou washeth away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. - Bible, Job (ch. XIV, v. 19) By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. - Edmund Burke I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. - Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, becomes a stepping stone in the pathway of the strong. - Thomas Carlyle By preserving over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination. - Christopher Columbus Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all men who would mount, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd. - Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield It is all very well to tell me that a young man has distinguished himself by a brilliant first speech. He may go on, or he may be satisfied with his first triumph; but show me a young man who has not succeeded at first, and nevertheless has gone on, and I will back that young man to do better than most of those who have succeeded at the first trial. - Charles James Fox Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out. - Robert Herrick, Hesperides--Seeke and Finde Press on! a better fate awaits thee. - Victor Hugo It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. - Washington Irving All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united by canals. If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of a pickaxe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains are levelled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a complicated scheme. - Samuel Johnson (a/k/a Dr. Johnson) ("The Great Cham of Literature") It's gonna be a long hard drag, but we'll make it. - Janis Joplin God is with those who persevere. - Koran, ch. VIII For thine own purpose, thou hast sent The strife and the discouragement! - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christus--The Golden Legend (pt. II) Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; Nothing so hard but search will find it out. - Richard Lovelace A falling drop at last will carve a stone. - Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) The soft droppes of raine perce the hard Marble, many strokes overthrow the tallest Oke. - John Lyly (Lylie or Lyllie), Euphues (p. 81), (Arber's 1579 reprint) No worthy enterprise can be done by us without continual plodding and wearisomeness to our faint and sensitive abilities. - John Milton So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse Met ever, and to shameful silence brought, Yet gives not o'er though desperate of success. - John Milton, Paradise Regained (bk. IV, l. 21) 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. - Plutarch Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow. - Plutarch, Of the Training of Children The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling. [Lat., Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed saepe cadendo.] - prob. first used by Richard, quoted in the "Menagiana", 1713 Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. - Zhu Rongji We shall escape the uphill by never turning back. - Christina Georgina Rossetti, Amor Mundi Displaying page 1 of 2 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2
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