Perseverance is that faculty which gives us the power to accomplish a piece of work with out allowing ourselves to be turned aside from our purpose either by the initial difficulties involved or by the obstacles that multiply themselves as we progress with our task.
It is that form of energy which enables us to develop [...]

It is impossible not to be struck with the power that comes from perseverance when one finds oneself face to face with the monuments of antiquity.
The gigantic sphinxes, which seem to defy the march of time, and which could pass in this world of ours as emblems of the eternal; the pyramids which have resisted [...]

True vocations are, we must admit, very rarely to be found, and the man who is seeking to establish a purpose in life is very often like the traveler who, set down where four roads meet, tries to divine, by means which are as yet quite unknown to him, which of the four is the [...]

The capitalization of energy that is known as perseverance may be put into application not only in the deciding occurrences of our existence, but also in the less important circumstances that make up the duties and the pleasures of our daily life.
Continuity of effort should not be reserved only for great enterprises. To be fruitful, [...]

“The ascent of a mountain,” says an Arab proverb, “is composed of a multitude of efforts,
each one represented by the act of carrying forward one foot a few feet ahead of that which sustains us upon the ground.”

This amounts to telling us, in that symbolical language that characterizes the Oriental, that no result is obtained [...]

Perseverance: It’s Acquisition and Effect. Here we will start our second part of these articles on how to acquire perseverance. First we looked at the impediments to perseverance and I think you really need to understand what stops you. This will only help you tenfold to know how to get it.
So here we go to [...]

“Extremes meet,” declares a proverb whose truth in no way belies the reputation that those ancient sayings have made for themselves.
It is a fact that an excess of perseverance can end in obstinacy.

The militant realities that perseverance transforms into so many motives of realization, become changed, by their defect of obstinacy, into so many Utopian [...]

There are impediments to perseverance, here we will discuss them in the next few articles.
Perseverance is that faculty which gives us the power to accomplish a piece of work with out allowing ourselves to be turned aside from our purpose either by the initial difficulties involved or by the obstacles that multiply themselves as we [...]

Decision is a much rarer virtue than one might suppose. Still rarer are the people who know how to make practical use of this quality.
By the word “decision” we do not mean to imply those sudden resolutions which characterize superficial and headstrong people.

Decision is only fruitful when it is the outcome of reflection and of [...]