Shatakatraya 1.27

1.27

prārabhyate na khalu vighna-bhayena nīcaiḥ
prārabhya vighna-vihatā viramanti madhyāḥ |
vighnaiḥ punaḥ punar api pratihanyamānāḥ
prārabdham uttama-janā na parityajanti ||

Lowly people, indeed, undertake nothing out of fear of obstacles; / middling people begin, but desist when struck by obstacles; / repeatedly thwarted though they are by obstacles, / the best men never abandon what they have begun.