Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Topics: Perseverance Quotes

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal...

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Give what you have to somebody, it may be better than you think.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

Talk not of wasted affection - affection never was wasted.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done,...

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

Next to being a great poet, is the power of understanding one

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as...

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

It is a beautiful trait in the lovers character, that they think no evil of...

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me...

Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me...

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But...

The strength of criticism lies only in the weakness of the thing criticized

The strength of criticism lies only in the weakness of the thing criticized

Into each life some rain must fall.

Into each life some rain must fall.

I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since...

I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since...

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary,...

Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary,...