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Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

  • Adversity introduces a man to himself.

  • What can people not accomplish if they will but master the secret of steadfast perseverance.

  • We will be ourselves and free, or die in the attempt. Harriet Tubman was not our great-grandmother for nothing.

  • Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.

  • Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.

  • What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.

  • Approach or come: refers not to the physical act of coming, but to the mental attitude; the heart is mentioned for sincerity. When they sincerely promise not to fight against you, do not pursue them. Remember that if they had fought against you, your difficulties would have been increased. Their neutrality itself may be a great advantage to you. So long as you are satisfied that they are sincere and their acts support their declarations of peace with you, you should not consider yourself justified in pursuing them and warring against them.

  • Whoever perseveres will be crowned.

  • The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.

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