Attempt the end and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard but search will find it out.
HERRICK.
The barriers are not yet erected which shall say to aspiring talent, "Thus far and no farther."—BEETHOVEN.
"Friends and comrades," said Pizarro, as he turned toward the south, after tracing with his sword upon the sand a line from east to west, "on that side are toil, hunger, nakedness, the drenching storm, desertion, and death; on this side, ease and pleasure. There lies Peru with its riches; here, Panama and its poverty. Choose, each man, what best becomes a brave Castilian. For my part, I go to the south." So saying, he crossed the line and was followed by thirteen Spaniards in armor. Thus, on the little island of Gallo in the Pacific, when his men were clamoring to return to Panama, did Pizarro and his few volunteers resolve to stake their lives upon the success of a desperate crusade against the powerful empire of the Incas. At the time they had not even a vessel to transport them to the country they wished to conquer. Is it necessary to add that all difficulties yielded at last to such resolute determination?
ANDREW JACKSON
"Old Hickory."
"Stick to your aim: the mongrel's hold will slip,
But only crowbars loose the bull-dog's grip."
"The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blenches, the thought that never wanders,—these are the masters of victory."