Perseverance is not a long race, it is many short races one after another.
The Benefits of Friendship
Friends can be our best weapon in times of adversity, as they strengthen our resolve. One study asked people to rate the gradient of a hill, and anticipate how difficult they would find it to climb. People who rated the hill in the presence of a friend saw the slope as less steep – and the closer they felt to the friend they were with, the easier the climb appeared.
Unknown
Achievement
We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.
Mastery
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
The power
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
The way things are
Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.