Perseverance will help you get to the finish line. It does not matter whether you are battling an illness or working towards a goal like succeeding in business, career, or education. It takes hard work and grit to get there, along with a never-give-up attitude. It is important that you set yourself realistic, attainable goals; any goal has to be realistic, and as for attainable, you must work towards it. Persistence helps build character, strength, and promise that will lead to success regardless of how difficult the journey is. Without proper guidance and direction, we will fail to accomplish anything. Perseverance will enable us to achieve the impossible at times, despite the setbacks or challenges along the way. Our individual focus, persistence, and tenacity will help us channel the strength to face the challenges and overcome the obstacles. Perseverance gives credence to our pain and suffering, while our efforts and determination help us challenge ourselves. Acknowledge your circumstances, but don't let yourself be consumed by them. Life sometimes tests us at pivotal moments, how we take on these tests determines our ability to succeed. It is crucial to have faith and belief in oneself, to create a positive mindset to help you conquer the challenges. An individual's personal growth rests on a positive mindset regardless of what they may be experiencing.
"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."
- John Quincy Adams
"Permanence, perseverance and persistence despite all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
- Thomas Carlyle
"No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance."
- Ramana Maharshi
"I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."
- John D. Rockefeller
"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
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
- Nelson Mandela
I never expected to survive, especially after multi-organ failure and multiple strokes. Despite all I have endured, somehow with the support of my medical team, friends, and family, I have defied the odds all these years. I have learned firsthand to fight my battles physically and emotionally, and I gained the strength and will to persevere. It was not easy, and there were times I felt like giving up, and just let my illness take the win. It is undoubtedly difficult to find motivation and hope to keep moving forward when you are constantly sick. Sometimes it feels like chronic illness and disability are playing a cruel joke on you. Nonetheless, you keep fighting with all your might, by finding your purpose in life, however long or short it may be. I have learned that giving up was not an option for me, nor should it be an option for any of us. Find the strength from within, and the will to power through it, enabling your perseverance to take flight. We will all face obstacles and challenges at some point in our lives. Our individual strength and perseverance will determine our ability to stand the test of time. I always reflected on the lives of Gandhi, Dr. King, and Nelson Mandela, who have taught us so much and have reflected true strength. There are many like them, like a child fighting an illness, a veteran overcoming coping with physical and mental scars of war, or a homeless person struggling with the constraints of poverty. We all need strength and perseverance to take on life's unexpected challenges.
"Perseverance, secret of all triumphs."
- Victor Hugo
"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
"We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle."
- Mahatma Gandhi
"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you … never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
– Harriet Beecher Stowe
"Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength."
–Theodore Roosevelt
"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it."
- Maya Angelou
Perseverance plays a vital role in helping achieve success, as we navigate the obstacles and challenges that we may face in life. As I mentioned in my previous blog post, we can learn from our setbacks, the challenges we face build our character. Within Positive Psychology perseverance is a fundamental character strength of an individual's resilience, determination, motivation, and grit. As we work towards our individual goals, we will face obstacles, challenges, and setbacks. It is important not to feel discouraged by the difficulties you may face along your journey. At every roadblock, search for alternative paths; your perseverance and efforts will lead you to a better place. It is equally vital that you commit yourself to the goals you set, and while you work towards achieving those goals you will no doubt enhance your self-confidence. Change is very hard, especially when it is unexpected, no one anticipates how much of an impact change can have on our lives. Regardless of all the hardships you may face, it will take your strength, resilience, and courage to propel your ability to persevere. Find the courage to build on your strength, and let your inner resilience and perseverance channel you forward. As you face the battles of life, consider perseverance as your very own battle armor.
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do."
- Pele
"Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise a great life."
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
"In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure."
– Benjamin Disraeli
"A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."
– B.F. Skinner
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