The full distance
What a shame it would be if the results you have worked to achieve
required just a little longer to arrive than you were willing to
wait. How sad it would be for your ship to finally come in just a few
minutes after you had given up and left the dock.
Success is built upon effort and commitment. Success also requires
persistence and patience.

It is of little use to work for years toward a goal if you give up
just a few days before the goal is reached. There is no point in
working through hundreds of obstacles if you allow the very last
obstacle to stop you.

Go ahead, close the deal, finish the work and get yourself all the
way to the goal you've chosen. Take those last remaining steps so
that you'll hold the prize firmly in your hands.

Rest when you are weary but do not quit. Achievement belongs to those
who can go the full distance.

If it's important enough to start, it's important enough to finish.
Be sure to always take the next step, for it could very well be the
one that finally gets you there.

-- Ralph Marston