To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Some work of noble note may yet be done

Not unbecoming men that strove with gods....

Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho'

We are not now that strength which in old days

Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;

One equal temper of heroic hearts,

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will

To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.