Perseverance is a long word. It means keeping on until we
succeed. Sticking to a piece of work till we have done it, in spite of
difficulties, failures and defeats. It is the opposite of getting tired before
we finish, being discouraged by difficulties, and giving up in despair.
Perseverance is necessary to success in anything. The proverb,
“well begun is half done”, is only half a truth. It is good to begin well, but
if we do not go on well until we finish, we shall never do anything. A student begins to work for an examination at college. His subjects
are new and interesting. At first he finds them easy and studies well. But after
a bit, the subjects get more difficult, he loses interest, or he gets
discouraged. At last he gives up regular study and wastes his time. When he
goes up for examination, of course he fails. If we would succeed in anything, we must persevere. This is
also the lesson of the old tale of the race between the slow tortoise and the
swift hare, which was won by the tortoise by steadily plodding on
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