Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
Interpretation
Perseverance can achieve more than force, and small efforts can overcome large challenges over time.
This quote by Plutarch emphasizes the power of perseverance and patience in overcoming obstacles. It suggests that when faced with challenges, a steady and persistent approach can lead to success, whereas attempts to forcefully confront these challenges may prove ineffective. By breaking down difficulties into manageable parts, one can gradually overcome them, highlighting the importance of taking consistent, small steps toward a goal.
In practice
In a motivational speech to encourage students to keep striving despite difficulties.
Sometimes small incidents, rather than glorious exploits, give us the best evidence of character. So, as portrait painters are more exact in doing the face, where the character is revealed, than the rest of the body, I must be allowed to give my more particular attention to the marks of the souls of men.
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Come back with your shield - or on it
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
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You canβt get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first.
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.
Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot of those - in the official capacity as well as the self-appointed.
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