Quote by Samuel Johnson

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseveran

Summary

This quote suggests that success and great achievements do not solely depend on physical strength or power. Instead, it emphasizes the importance of perseverance and determination. It implies that by staying resolute, continuing to work hard, and not giving up despite challenges, one can overcome obstacles and accomplish remarkable deeds. This quote reminds us that true greatness lies in the tenacity and unwavering commitment to pursuing our goals, even in times when our strength may waver.

Topics

Work Strength Perseverance

By Samuel Johnson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion

I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for a league.

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate the

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity

George Bernard Shaw

The Universe contains three things that cannot be destroyed;

The Universe contains three things that cannot be destroyed; Being, Awareness and LOVE

Love Awareness Being

When I am with you, we stay up all night.When you're not her

When I am with you, we stay up all night.When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.Praise God for those two insomnias!And the difference between them.

Jalal ad-Din Rumi

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds

Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements which it has stamped with its own freedom.

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which c

All human beings have their otherness and it is that which cries out to the heart.

Elizabeth Goudge

Love Empathy Uniqueness

My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic Britis

My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldn't put together, and eventually eating charred sausages, feeling brilliant.

Nowadays men cannot love seven night but they must have all

Nowadays men cannot love seven night but they must have all their desires: that love may not endure by reason; for where they be soon accorded and hasty, heat soon it cooleth. Right so fareth love nowadays, soon hot soon cold: this is no stability. But the old love was not so.

Sir Thomas Malory

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi

We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.

They succeed, because they think they can.

They succeed, because they think they can.

I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listen

I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in New York on the radio.