Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1357 |
| AUTHOR: | George Washington (1732–99) |
| QUOTATION: | We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth New Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | General This letter concerns the loss of Fort Ticonderoga. |
| SUBJECTS: | Perseverance |