He had enough to keep the wolf from the door.

More proverbs about Perseverance

• A woman's work is never at an end. Domestic labor multiplies infinitely, offering no natural stopping point or completion un…
• They that will not work in heat, must hunger in frost. Refusing effort during favorable conditions guarantees hardship when circumstances turn d…
• The world was never so dull but if one won't another will. Opportunity always finds a willing participant if the first person refuses it.
• This world is nothing except it tend to the next. Earthly pursuits lack purpose unless they cultivate spiritual growth and eternal salvatio…
• There needs a long time to know the world's pulse. Understanding society's true nature requires patient, sustained observation rather than h…
• When things get to the worst, they'll mend. Despair blinds us to recovery; suffering naturally exhausts itself and reverses.