22. PERSEVERANCE, HOLDING ON THE PLAN

Napoleon Bonaparte

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Calvin Coolidge

Nothing in the world can match perseverance. Certainly not talent — the world is full of unsuccessful people with talent. Nor genius: unfulfilled genius is almost proverbial.

Dee Groberg, The Race

And to his Dad he sadly said, I didn't do so well, To me you won! his Father said You rose each time you fell. And now when things seem dark and hard And difficult to face, The memory of that little boy Helps me in my race.

For all of life is like that race With ups and downs and all, And all you have to do to win Is rise each time you fall.

Quit, Give up, You're beaten. They still shout in my face, But another voice within me says, Get up and win the race.