Perseverance beats strength
"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."- Samuel Johnson.
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Greatness is achieved through a doggedness that perseveres against all odds and if it does not persevere it isn't great and will hold no weight.
Great works builds on the weakness of a man who against all odds, pushes through the veil of impossibility to achieve his goals.
Strength isn't always power and doesn't know what the best thing to do in times of trails and tribulations. Strength waits on what is easy and what can be obtained quickly based on what man sees as the easiest way out.
Capitalize on the fact that you are weak and use the weakness that may seem as a disadvantage to your advantage.
Don't throw your dreams away because you see the man with muscles going all around and taking the day.
Believe in the power of your mind and never stop persevering because, in the absence of strength weakness utilized makes the smallest the greatest.
Rightly said, perseverance is greater than strength. One thing I love about ox is their perseverance, I came to realise ox has strength and also the spirit to persevere. Whenever it tries to climb a mountain top with a huge load. If it's unable to climb further, it never goes back. Instead it remains in that position pushing to get to the top or someone comes to rescue it. So when strength fails, it's perseverance that keeps one going
Very nice example with the OX. Strength fails and will always fail because it is without a mind of its own.
When you have the ability to persevere, you are bigger than the man with the young Arnold Schwarzenegger muscles.
Stay Awesome!