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Perseverance is to keep going in spite of difficult obstacles.

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PERSEVERANCE

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Shaq, as the world knows him, is one of the most dominating professional basketball players in NBA history. Towering at over seven feet, he has shattered records and backboards from the moment he a...

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Heroes

Perseverance Hero: Elizabeth

My sister is my "big" sister Elizabeth. She is 65 now, and I am 56. She married the love of her life, 43 years ago. They always worked hard, earned everything they had, and always had time or money to give to others. She was diagnosed with Cardio ... Read more

Perseverance Hero: Vangie

My Mother is my hero. As a child, she and her family worked as migrant farm workers. My mother worked hard to make a better life for herself and her family. She raised four children with lots of love and support and taught us all to be compassiona... Read more

Perseverance Hero: Jim

My dad is 81 years old and is a true hero. He has lost sight in one eye and hearing in one ear due to earlier medical conditions. And now fights daily against Parkinson's disease that is trying to take over his body. Dad gets up every morning to... Read more

Perseverance Hero: Evonne

My mom is my hero. She was 14 years of age when she gave birth to me. Instead of deciding to quit high school, my mom completed high school as the valedictorian of her class and went on to earn two bachelors degrees and one masters degree. This ma... Read more

Perseverance Hero: Lydia

Lydia is a 17 year old student from RJC. Her parents had passed away when she was 5 and ever since, she had to live with a torturous family that her parents sold her to before they died. Her foster parents raised her unlike a normal daughter. Thou... Read more
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Personal Stories

My Family is Like a Rainbow

As I think about my family, I think about a rainbow. In researching my family, I found that the flags of the cities that they came from in Opole,Poland were of yellow(justice) and blue(preseverance) and from Wloclawek,Poland were red(courage) and... Read more

Simple words of wisdom

I am going to be honest. I am only ten years old, but why can't I make a difference too? I have been told many things in my life so far, simple things like "Eat your salad" and "Don't climb that." Half the time I don't even know those things are m... Read more

A Do-er

It's hard sometimes to see the light in an ever-darkening world. Trials in life can push us to the edge and make us want to throw in the towel. I have a friend; I met 'J' working at a regular retail store in New England. Over the past year and a h... Read more

"100 years of perservance"

It has been 100 years since my mom's family sailed from Poland in the spring of 1913, to Ellis Island on a German steamship. That day , Grandma Josefina brought her little baby, Casmier and her little three- year old , Eugenia to America... Read more

One Day At a Time

I am fourteen years old and I suffer from depression. I cut myself and thought that inflicting pain upon myself would make up for the bad things I have done. For a while, my vision was clouded by longing and negative views. I found it difficult to... Read more
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PERSEVERANCE

Quotes
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It's easier to go down a hill than up it, but the view is much better at the top.
Henry Ward Beecher Clergyman, Social Reformer (1813-1887);
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It's highly virtuous to say we'll be good, but we can't do it all at once, and it takes a long pull, a strong pull, and a pull all together before some of us even get our feet set in the right way.
Louisa May Alcott Novelist (1832-1888);
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It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein Theoretical Physicist, Philosopher, Nobel Prize Winner (1879-1955);
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Nature, by example, shows us anything worthwhile comes over time. Anything worthwhile grows methodically, building on a strong foundation. Develop a willingness to carry on despite roadblocks.
Jaren L. Davis -
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There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.
Vincent "Vince" Lombardi Athletic Coach (1913-1970);
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Comments

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Anderson about 1 year ago from Colatina-ES, Brasil
Em um momento de seu ministério Ludmila Ferber sempre cantava sobre não desistirmos, tudo o que começa termina e enquanto isso lutamos até vencer. In a moment of your ministry Ludmila Ferber always sang about not giving up, everything begins and ends as it fought to win.
John Talbert over 1 year ago from Joyce Louisiana
Perseverance is being willing to go through two valleys to reach the top of the mountain. Without the valleys we would never appreciate the mount top.
Jacob almost 2 years ago from Canada
It was all thanks to skateboarding for making me realize how important perseverance is. :')
Maqsood Ahmed Soomro over 2 years ago from Sukkur , Pakistan
It is perhaps the Best way to Describe your feelings.
Kathryn V about 3 years ago from Mingo IA
This is the best way I know to express my feelings!
Michael, Amegatse over 3 years ago from Ghana
Thank you!