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What is Perseverance?What is Perseverance?

Perseverance can Perseverance can best be described best be described by saying “Not by saying “Not giving up”. giving up”.

Or, Perseverance Or, Perseverance can also be can also be described as described as working hard to working hard to achieve a goal.achieve a goal.

Examples of Examples of Perseverance…Perseverance…

People who go to People who go to College and College and graduate graduate persevere.persevere.

Someone trying Someone trying to achieve a goal to achieve a goal like a race can be like a race can be said to have said to have persevered.persevered.

People who Persevere!People who Persevere!

Astronauts Astronauts Persevere, Persevere, especially to be especially to be selected to go to selected to go to space.space.

Lance Armstrong, Lance Armstrong, a cyclist a cyclist perseveres when perseveres when he races.he races.

Perseverance around us..Perseverance around us..

SOME GREAT PERSONS SOME GREAT PERSONS WHO VALUED WHO VALUED PERSEVERANCE PERSEVERANCE

Quotations . . . .Quotations . . . .

Samuel Johnson (1709 – Samuel Johnson (1709 – 1784)1784)

Few things are Few things are impossible to impossible to diligence and diligence and skill. Great works skill. Great works are performed are performed not by strength, not by strength, but but perseverance. perseverance.

Joseph AddisonJoseph Addison

If you wish success in If you wish success in life, make life, make perseverance your perseverance your bosom friend, bosom friend, experience your wise experience your wise counselor, caution counselor, caution your elder brother and your elder brother and hope your guardian hope your guardian geniusgenius

Steve Jobs (1955 - )Steve Jobs (1955 - ), ,

I'm convinced that I'm convinced that about half of what about half of what separates the separates the successful successful entrepreneurs from entrepreneurs from the non-successful the non-successful ones is pure ones is pure perseverance. perseverance.

Charles Haddon Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 – 1892)Spurgeon (1834 – 1892)

By By perseverance perseverance the snail the snail reached the reached the ark. ark.

Mark Twain (1835 – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)1910)

The miracle, or the The miracle, or the power, that elevates power, that elevates the few is to be the few is to be found in their found in their industry, industry, application, and application, and perseverance under perseverance under the prompting of a the prompting of a brave, determined brave, determined spirit. spirit.

Plutarch (46 AD - 120 Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD)AD)

Perseverance is Perseverance is more prevailing than more prevailing than violence; and many violence; and many things which cannot things which cannot be overcome when be overcome when they are together, they are together, yield themselves up yield themselves up when taken little by when taken little by little. little.

Mary Barnett Gilson Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)(1877–?)

... there are persons who seem to ... there are persons who seem to have overcome obstacles and by have overcome obstacles and by character and perseverance to have character and perseverance to have risen to the top. But we have no risen to the top. But we have no record of the numbers of able record of the numbers of able persons who fall by the wayside, persons who fall by the wayside, persons who, with enough persons who, with enough encouragement and opportunity, encouragement and opportunity, might make great contributions.might make great contributions.

Jimmy Carter (James Earl Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.) (b. 1924)Carter, Jr.) (b. 1924) It would be naive to think It would be naive to think

that peace and justice can be that peace and justice can be achieved easily. No set of achieved easily. No set of rules or study of history will rules or study of history will automatically resolve the automatically resolve the problems.... However, with problems.... However, with faith and perseverance,... faith and perseverance,... complex problems in the past complex problems in the past have been resolved in our have been resolved in our search for justice and peace.search for justice and peace.