Perseverance
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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary
You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided
Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a complicated scheme
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop
Devote each day to the object then in time and every evening will find something done
A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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