“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
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American politician, 26th president of the United States 1858–1919Related quotes
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
The earliest citation yet found does not attribute this to Roosevelt, but presents it as a piece of anonymous piece folk-wisdom: "When one reaches the end of his rope, he should tie a knot in it and hang on" ( LIFE magazine (3 April 1919), p. 585 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89063018576?urlappend=%3Bseq=65). <br class="br">Misattributed <br class="br">Variant: When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.
“If you're at the end of your rope… untie the knot in your heart.”
Cooper Edens (1945) American writer
Source: If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow/Add One More Star to the Night
“All knots that lovers tie
Are tied to sever.
Here shall your sweetheart lie,
Untrue for ever.”
A.E. Housman (1859–1936) English classical scholar and poet
Source: More Poems
Barney Frank (1940) American politician, former member of the House of Representatives for Massachusetts
Quoted in Dionne, E. J., The Washington Post, (16 November 2004)]
