“Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; nothing's so hard but search will find it out.”

— Robert Herrick, "Seek and Find" (poem)

About Robert Herrick

1591 – 1674

English poet and cleric, author of "Hesperides".

“Love is a circle that doth restless move / In the same sweet eternity of love.”

“Wealth cannot make a life, but love.”

“Each must in virtue strive for to excel; / That man lives twice that lives the first life well.”

“Success always demands a greater effort.”

“Let them adopt the maxim, "Better luck next time"; and then, by renewed exertion, make that better luck for themselves.”

“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood...”

“Many strokes, though with a little axe, hew down and fell the hardest-timber'd oak.”

“Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”

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“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”