Perseverance
Endurance through difficulty and delay
Diligence and Good Luck
Diligence is the mother of good luck....
Measured by Obstacles
Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome....
A Determined Soul
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul....
Patience and Will
He that can have patience can have what he will....
Energy and Persistence
Energy and persistence conquer all things....
Up and Doing
Let us, then, be up and doing, / With a heart for any fate;...
The Heights Reached
The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight,...
Labor and Wait
Learn to labor and to wait....
No Gains Without Pains
There are no gains, without pains....
Little Strokes
Little strokes fell great oaks....
Sow Thy Seed
In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand:...
Force Heart and Nerve
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew / To serve your turn long after they are gone,...
Not to Yield
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield....
No Struggle, No Progress
If there is no struggle, there is no progress....
Worth Doing
Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty....
No Man Can Prosper
No man can prosper unless he has patience....
Shew Thy Marvellous Lovingkindness
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them...
They Are Brought Down
They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright...
Though An Host Should
Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident...