You should never touch your eye but with your elbow.

More proverbs about Perseverance

• Faint heart never won a fair lady. Romantic success requires courage; passive timidity guarantees failure in matters of love.
• Keeping from falling is better than helping up. Prevention of harm requires less effort and causes less suffering than recovery from it.
• A famine in England begins at the horse-manger. Poor grain management for livestock presages broader scarcity throughout the land.
• Every one puts his fault on the times. People habitually blame circumstances and bad luck rather than acknowledging their own re…
• Have but few friends, though many acquaintances. Quality relationships require intentional investment; shallow connections can be numerous…
• Get thy spindle and thy distaff ready, and God will send thee flax. Prepare your tools and skills; opportunity arrives only for those already equipped to sei…