"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

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"Sometimes giving up feels like the easiest thing to do. But then the easiest thing has never produced more than a garden full of weeds."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Persistence, Perseverance, Truth, Power, Struggle

"How easy it is to slip.How hard it is to climb.How wise it is to keep in stepAnd never fall behind."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Persistence, Wisdom, Truth, Inspirational, Power

"The race is not always to the swift but to those who keep on running."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Persistence, Race, Running, Effort

"One step and then another and the longest walk is ended. One stitch and then another and the longest rent is mended. One brick upon another and the tallest wall is made. One flake and then another and the deepest snow is laid."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Persistence, Endurance, Patience, Progress

"Have patience and keep working. Everything will come alright in time."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Persistence, Patience, Truth, Life, Power

"A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Persistence, Rock, Pressure, Diamond

"Step by step a mountain is conquered."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Persistence, Step, Mountain, Conquer, Growth

"Just because many have tried and failed, doesn't make the task impossible."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

Persistence, Failure, Hope, Determination

"If you continue to hit your head against the wall, don't be surprised if your head hurts."

Charles F. Glassman, American Author

Persistence, Effort, Pain, Failure

"If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; "Can I pursue this till the end? Am I sure I will never give up on it?" This is persistence."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Persistence, Devotion, Dedication, Passion

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"I thus found that the student who wishes for a shelter can obtain one for a lifetime at an expense not greater than the rent which he now pays annually. If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself; and my shortcomings and inconsistencies do not affect the truth of my statement."

Simplicity

"There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony."

Health

"If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

Environment

"I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."

Innovation

"How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends that we may go and meet their ideal cousins."

Friendship

"The savage in man is never quite eradicated."

Identity

"I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while."

Faith

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"Sometimes giving up feels like the easiest thing to do. But then the easiest thing has never produced more than a garden full of weeds."

"How easy it is to slip.How hard it is to climb.How wise it is to keep in stepAnd never fall behind."

"The race is not always to the swift but to those who keep on running."

"One step and then another and the longest walk is ended. One stitch and then another and the longest rent is mended. One brick upon another and the tallest wall is made. One flake and then another and the deepest snow is laid."

"Have patience and keep working. Everything will come alright in time."

"A rock that perseveres under heat and pressure soon becomes a diamond."

"Step by step a mountain is conquered."

"Just because many have tried and failed, doesn't make the task impossible."

"If you continue to hit your head against the wall, don't be surprised if your head hurts."

"If you are going to devote your time to do something you claim you love, take this thought; "Can I pursue this till the end? Am I sure I will never give up on it?" This is persistence."

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"There is a difference between eating and drinking for strength and from mere gluttony."

"Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it."

"Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years."

"We have the St. Vitus' dance, and cannot possibly keep our heads still."

"If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

"I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."

"How often we find ourselves turning our backs on our actual friends that we may go and meet their ideal cousins."

"The savage in man is never quite eradicated."

"I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while."