When we undertake a task, we should not falter from first to last until the task is accomplished; if we fail, we should not begrudge our lives as a sacrifice-this is what we mean by loyalty. The ancient teaching of loyalty meant sometimes death.

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly That is dedication.

You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up.

Fall seven times, stand up eight.

'Taint no use to sit and whine 'Cause the fish ain't on your line; Bait your hook an' keep on tryin', Keep a-goin'!

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Genius, that power which dazzles mortal eyes, Is oft but perseverance in disguise.

Patient perseverance in well doing is infinitely harder than a sudden and impulsive self-sacrifice.