‘Perseverance is another name for Buddhist life.’ (Eloquent Silence)
I had this one lined up as a pithy one-oner when I came across this the other day: ‘Labor improbus (Latin) – steady work, as in the phrase “Labor omnia vicit improbus” from Virgil’s Georgics, meaning “Steady work overcame all things.”‘ Which just goes to show that human wisdom tends towards the same notions.