Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
In plain words
Sticking at something is not one long race. It is lots of short ones.
Where these words come from
- 40% sureLots of sources credit Walter Elliot with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- Attributed to Rev. Walter Elliott; absent from his Life of Father Hecker, no dated source located
