Endurance
The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. —Dean Acheson, quoted by Merle Miller in Plain Speaking
Endurance is the crowning quality,
And patience all the passion of great hearts.
—James Russell Lowell, “Columbus”
Nothing happens to any man which he is not formed by nature to bear. —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Does the road wind uphill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
—Christina Rossetti, “Up-Hill”
Whatever it be, every fortune is to be overcome by bearing it. —Virgil, Aeneid
