Some years back I visited a friend in jail. I noticed that etched on the counter, on the jail side of the glass, someone had written "Endure and Conquer". By coincidence, about a year later in my profession as a Sanitation Engineer (garbabe man), I found an engagement ring with the same phrase inscribed inside. Has anyone heard this phrase before? Where does it originate? I could not find it in Bartletts Quotation and I'm curious and stumped as to the origins of "Endure and Conquer". Please Help!
2006-07-28 11:19:19 · 4 answers · asked by 5375 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
Why would anyone inscribe such a phrase on an engagement ring of all places?
2006-07-28 11:19:53 · update #1
I don't know the answer to your question, but I'm going through a really tough situation right now and that is the very quote that i needed. Seriously, Thanks.
2006-07-28 11:26:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Whether it originated with him or not I can't say, but Earnest Shackleton said those words when, on a trip to the south pole, his boat was encased in ice and he and his crew were at the mercy of the elements. He brought all of his men except one back from the Antarctic despite what would seem to have been insurmountable obstacles and trials. His ship was destroyed in the ice floes there and he used the life boats to get his men away from the area. This meant rowing and sailing just life boats a thousand or more miles to relative safety. Endure and conquer could have been the name of the book written about the adventure, but it wasn't. Read it sometime. It is inspiring and awe inspiring. I was truly amazed and in awe of this man's determination and leadership.
2006-07-28 18:35:34 · answer #2 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, Endure is a word which implies to me that there is some counter-acting force against which one must be constantly pushing, enduring it's withering onslaught.
Conquer is a word which implies to me overcoming some counter-acting force, against which one has already prevailed.
I like it, works for me. perhaps the wedding band you mention implied by its location that Endurance failed in that example.
2006-07-28 18:30:46 · answer #3 · answered by Aaron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know
but i have a drawing of war with the caption divide, conquer, pillage, destory
2006-07-28 18:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by SwordDancer 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋