perseverance

To want is to be able — where there's a will, there's a way.

The fish is fresh whenever you pull it from the water — it's never too late to start over.

A hundred thousand who wore green burned in sorrow, before even a single lamp was lit for Adam.

I am the free spirit who exacts tribute from kings, who wears armor and sets a crown on his head.

Strive, my friend, and do not go without love — no one buys a servant marked by the flaw of no skill.

A dark night, fear of waves, a whirlpool so dreadful — how could those resting light on the shore know our state?

Wherever the skilled go, they find honor and take the seat of pride; the unskilled scrape for scraps and meet hardship.

Whoever eats their crop while it is still green will have to glean single stalks at harvest time.

When you hear words of any kind of knowledge, never rest a moment from learning.

It is right to put your body through hardship, for enduring hardship is worthy in pursuit of knowledge.

To find the worth of the heart and the rank of the soul cannot be found except through discipline.

Whatever runs contrary to habit is the caravan-leader of happiness.

Claim a corner in the alley of poverty; a road lies ahead, so gather provisions.