perseverance, n.Definitions

Perseverance is a low virtue where mediocrity achieves an inglorious success

Perseverance is the result of a strong will.

Perseverance is the secret of all triumphs.

Perseverance is the result of a strong will, stubbornness is the result of a strong won't.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

Perseverance is necessary: a diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to it's job.

Perseverance is a thing we can learn from the postage stamp. It's usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.

Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy... for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves nor take away from themselves.