"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

"As a camel beareth labour, and heat, and hunger, and thirst, through deserts of sand, and fainteth not; so the fortitude of a man shall sustain him through all perils." - Akhenaton

"Endurance is the crowning quality,
And patience all the passion of great hearts."
- JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, Columbus

"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."
- DCHRISTINA ROSSETTI, Up-Hill