Tenacious of Purpose

As many of you know, Walpole's Superintendent of Highways & Parks is Bob LeBlanc. Bobby is a long-time friend, fellow 1978 WHS classmate, as well as football and hockey teammate. More importantly, Bobby has done at least two tours of duty in Iraq in service to our country. See http://www.wickedlocal.com/walpole/news/lifestyle/health/x501035876

The motto of Bobby's National Guard unit is "Tenax Propositi" or Tenacious of Purpose. The simplicity yet powerful message of this motto resonated with me, and I have since tried to implemenet it in my personal and professional life, and in my service to Walpole. In looking for its origin, I came across this quote from Horace (the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus):

"Iustum et tenacem propositi virum non civium ardor prava iubentium,non vultus instantis tyranni mente quatit solida."

Which translates to: "The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance."

The point of this post is that this saying somehow struck me as an appropriate philosophy of the Walpole Town Meeting. What do you think?