PersistenceTwo Days Before the Great Discovery Just two days before Columbus sighted land, his men were on the verge of mutiny. They had sailed the longest voyage ever out of the sight of land and wanted to turn back.
The entry in Columbus' Journal, October 10, 1492, stated:
"Here the people could stand it no longer and complained of the long voyage; but the Admiral cheered them as best he could, holding out good hope of the advantages they would have. He added that it was useless to complain. He had come to the Indies, and so had to continue until he found them, with the help of our Lord."
Two days later they discovered America.
Kent Crockett's Sermon Illustrations, www.kentcrockett.com Persisting Makes It Easier "That which we persist in doing becomes easy to do; not that the nature of the thing has changed, but that our power to do has increased." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Just One More Time "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Inventor Thomas Edison
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