Essays on Perseverance

Patience is the ability to endure difficult circumstances such as perseverance in the face of delay; tolerance of provocation without responding in anger; or forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. Patience is the level of endurance one can have before negativityPatience is necessary for success. It is said that “all good…

Langston Hughes poem “Mother to Son” depicts the perseverance of a mother in efforts to encourage her beloved son to keep ascending and never look back in order to succeed in life. She begins by advising him to not give up and face any difficulty despite any obstacle. Hughes also makes a reference to the…

The book, The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, explores the perseverance in a man and his son trying survive in an obliterated world. The novel is a modern quest demonstrating faith in man’s power to rejuvenate himself through trust and perseverance. The bitter, hostile setting of the novel is set in a gray world without meaning,…

In the Grasslands, and deserts of South Sudan. Salva Mawien Dut Arrik began his journey of struggle. He would survive his harsh journey because of three things, perseverance, the people that helped him and optimism, without these things Salva would have not survived the Journey of struggle.Without any of these things Salva might not be…

When we steadfastly believe in doing something successfully and stick to it despite the challenges and the obstacles that we encounter and remain resolute, we are showing perseverance. Perseverance plays an instrumental role in our life and the best part is that this quality can be acquired without a college education or a formal degree….

Last week, I came across a question that got me thinking, ‘What counts more—hard work or talents? Why?’ I thought about Olympic sprinters racing across the finish line, a classical pianist playing Mozart’s The Hunt, an artist capturing a single moment in time. What did it take for them to become masters of their craft?…

Perseverance can be defined as the strength to go on when circumstances appear almost impossible. Everything had started off strenuously, the task just becomes more manageable when it had been done frequently, but there will still be obstacles in the way. Grit has a huge role play in perseverance as more and more students are…

Have you ever been stuck in an airport for a span of more than a day or weeks because of delayed flight due to a bad weather condition or system malfunction? If you think that you’re already unlucky enough because of that experience, well, you better watch the movie entitled “The Terminal” and conclude how…

When I was 10 years old I participated in my first art show. The show was hosted in Barrio Logan and I was mostly excited for it. The show isn’t a big deal, but back then it was. I wanted to grow as an artist and start an art career early, and this was the…

Keeping a positive attitude, having perseverance, and staying motivated. However, there’s an idea more powerful than any of these notions, one that is a game-changer, both academically and in life, and that we are in complete control of it. This idea is how we perceive our brains and whether our intelligence is something that is…