And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
—Paul to the Galatian Christians in Galatians 6:9—

So, I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once more able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.…We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and [even] if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.

—Winston Churchill, in a speech delivered at the House of Commons on June 4, 1940, on the heels of the Dunkirk evacuation—

I’ll give up when the trumpet sounds either for me or for time itself.
—a soldier in the war to restore and preserve natural marriage in both legislative and legal arenas—