Quotes About Perseverance

For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.

There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.

The great do not always prevail.

Stoop to conquer.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.

Plodding wins the race.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Little by little does the trick.

Every moment that a man may be in want of employment, than such I hold him to be far better who is forced to labour for nothing.

Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors

However long the night, the dawn will break.

The best way to eat the elephant standing in your path is to cut it up into little pieces.

To try and to fail, is not laziness

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight

It is not with saying, Honey, Honey, that sweetness will come into the mouth.

He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

The African race is a rubber ball. The harder you dash it to the ground, the higher it will rise.

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.