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* The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble; many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.
* The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble; many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.
** [[John Lyly]], ''Euphues'', p. 81. Arber's Reprint (1579).
** John Lyly, ''Euphues'', p. 81. Arber's Reprint (1579).
* So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse<br>Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,<br>Yet gives not o'er, though desperate of success.
* So Satan, whom repulse upon repulse<br>Met ever, and to shameful silence brought,<br>Yet gives not o'er, though desperate of success.
** [[John Milton]], ''[[Paradise Regained]]'' (1671), Book IV, line 21.
** [[John Milton]], ''Paradise Regained'' (1671), Book IV, line 21.
* ''Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed sæpe cadendo.''
* ''Gutta cavat lapidem non vi, sed sæpe cadendo.''
* Attempt the end and never stand to doubt;<br>Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out.
* Attempt the end and never stand to doubt;<br>Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out.
** [[Robert Herrick]], Seeke and Finde.
** Robert Herrick, Seeke and Finde.
* When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,<br>When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,<br>… When care is pressing you down a bit,<br>Rest, if you must—but don't you quit.<br>… Often the goal is nearer than<br>It seems to a faint and faltering man,<br>Often the struggler has given up<br>When he might have captured the victor's cup.
* When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,<br>When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,<br>… When care is pressing you down a bit,<br>Rest, if you must—but don't you quit.<br>… Often the goal is nearer than<br>It seems to a faint and faltering man,<br>Often the struggler has given up<br>When he might have captured the victor's cup.
** Author unknown, "Don't Quit". Reported in Hazel Felleman, ''The Best Loved Poems of the [[American]] People'' (1936, reprinted 1957), p. 113–14.
** Author unknown, "Don't Quit". Reported in Hazel Felleman, ''The Best Loved Poems of the [[American]] People'' (1936, reprinted 1957), p. 113–14.
* Diamonds are only chunks of coal,<br>That stuck to their jobs, you see.
** Minnie Richard Smith, "Stick to Your Job," lines 1–2. Christian F. Kleinknecht, ''[[Poor Richard]]'s Anthology of Thoughts on Success'' (1947), p. 44.
* By perseverance the snail reached the [[Noah's ark|ark]].
** Proverb, published by Charles Spurgeon in ''The Salt-cellars : Being a Collection of Proverbs, Together with Homely Notes Thereon'' (1889), p. 89.
* Victory belongs to the most persevering.
** [[Napoleon]] I of France, as quoted in ''Treasury of Thought: Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotation from Ancient and Modern Authors'' (1894) by Maturin Murray Ballou.
* I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
** [[Christopher Reeve]], in ''Still Me'' (1999), p. 267.
* Many strokes, though with a little axe,<br>Hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.
** [[William Shakespeare]], ''Henry VI'', Part III (c. 1591), Act II, scene 1, line 54.
==See Also==
==See Also==