You can go a long way after you have got tired.
—French proverb
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
—Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1869
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.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1887
It is always darkest just before the dawn.
—Thomas Fuller, 1650
Everything has an end – except a sausage, which has two.
—Danish proverb
It is pleasant to remember what was hard to endure.
—Italian proverb
The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
—Pierre Corneille, 1642
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing
you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
—Thomas Henry Huxley, 1877
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, […] virtue is doing it.
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—David Starr Jordan, 1898
Who will not when he can, cannot when he will.
—European proverb
Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.
—Bill Widener
15
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Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
—Lord Chesterfield, 1746
16
14
There are several later paraphrases of Jordan’s first sentence, along the following line: “The only
practical question in life is: what to do next?”.
15
Often misattributed to Theodore Roosevelt, who just quoted this maxim (with a reverent reference to Widener) in 1913.
16
Possibly based on the Latin maxim “Age Quod Agis”, literally meaning “Do what you are
doing”.
On Work and Leisure
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—French proverb
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
—Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1869
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.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1887
It is always darkest just before the dawn.
—Thomas Fuller, 1650
Everything has an end – except a sausage, which has two.
—Danish proverb
It is pleasant to remember what was hard to endure.
—Italian proverb
The greater the effort, the greater the glory.
—Pierre Corneille, 1642
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing
you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
—Thomas Henry Huxley, 1877
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, […] virtue is doing it.
14
—David Starr Jordan, 1898
Who will not when he can, cannot when he will.
—European proverb
Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.
—Bill Widener
15
***
Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
—Lord Chesterfield, 1746
16
14
There are several later paraphrases of Jordan’s first sentence, along the following line: “The only
practical question in life is: what to do next?”.
15
Often misattributed to Theodore Roosevelt, who just quoted this maxim (with a reverent reference to Widener) in 1913.
16
Possibly based on the Latin maxim “Age Quod Agis”, literally meaning “Do what you are
doing”.
On Work and Leisure
19