I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.
Perseverance Quotes
70 quotes about perseverance. Every quote shows where it comes from and how far to trust it.
"Akrasia" [weakness of will] in rational beings is as common as wine in France.
If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.
The readinesse of doing doth expresse
No other but the doer's willingnesse.
That what he will he does, and does so much
That proof is call'd impossibility.
Many strokes, though with a little axe,
Hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.
For thine own purpose, thou hast sent
The strife and the discouragement!