Definition of Perseverance
Perseverance
The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.
Discrimination.
Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.
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Perseverance Quotations
Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
Vince Lombardi
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
Lao Tzu
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Marie Curie
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
Newt Gingrich
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.
George Eliot
By perseverance the snail reached the ark.
Charles Spurgeon
Perseverance - a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.
Ambrose Bierce
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
Plutarch
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Perseverance Translations
perseverance in Dutch is vasthoudendheid
perseverance in German is Ausdauer {f}, Beharrlichkeit {f}
perseverance in Italian is perseveranza
perseverance in Latin is diligentia
perseverance in Spanish is constancia, perseverancia
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