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.

Perseverance pays

plutarch

Like it on Facebook, Tweet it or share this question on other bookmarking websites.

772 Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.
755 All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
770 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.
846 Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
752 Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Loading suggestions...