Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- John Quincy Adams, (Jul 11 1767-1848), US president (6th); The Second John was the 6th U.S. president; son of John Adams; catalyst behind Monroe Doctrine, 1823.