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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.

The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.

Try not to do too many things at once. Know what you want, the number one thing today and tomorrow. Persevere and get it done.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.

It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.

Water continually dropping will wear hard rocks hollow.

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.

No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head against a wall is more likely to produce a concussion in the head than a hole in the wall.

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.

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.