PERSISTENCE: ONE OF THE BEST QUALITIES?

By Hugo Mendez

STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT 1

“ To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage."-Confucius.

The statement allows us to envision an example of an individual who lacks courage and

moral integrity. If you were to participate in a proper activity and you were aware the

activity was correct you are exhibiting moral integrity and self initiative. If you were to

participate in an improper activity and you were aware that the activity was improper you

would lack moral integrity and self initiative, because many individuals who participate

within unjust activities are usually individuals who lack self initiative. If you were to be

aware of a correct activity and not participate with in the activity, you lack the courage

needed to stimulate your self initiative and moral integrity. Suppose there is a child who

does not assist an individual his group of friends despise, the child is aware of the other

individuals need, but he decides to follow his acquaintances and leave the other child

helpless, so therefore this child lacks the courage needed to stimulate his self initiative.

STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT 2

"Failure is only postponed success as long as courage coaches ambition, the habit

of persistence is the habit of victory."-Herbert Kaufman

The statement is attempting to convey the idea that illustrates the value of courage,

diligence, initiative, and persistence within an individual's life. What is failure, failure

is the one's ill attempt at mastering a certain skill, while success is the correct attempt

at a certain objective, this is the contrast between the two aspects of life. But failure

also allows us to evaluate our actions and determine whether or not we can properly

succeed, but one can only succeed if he or she were to allow their courage to guide

them through their failures, this can allow them to create ambitions, but they must

possess the persistence needed in order to succeed. In order for an individual to

succeed and evaluate themselves they need to allow persistence to become habitual

with in their lives.

STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT 3

" Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than

unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not: the world is full of educated dialects. persistence and

determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press on' has solved and always will solve the problems

of the human race."- Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States.

The quote is attempting the convey the importance of the quality known as persistence. When a certain

task is attempted you can always expect Adversarial  forces that will approach you and attempt to halt

your development and if we are not able to exhibit persistence we will not be able to overcome such

forces even if we are full of talent the talent will not allow us to overcome every situation. But i believe

that some aspects of talent are constructed through persistence, suppose you were attempting to run

one mile in under 5:00 minutes, if you were to attempt and fail, but if you were to persist you would

construct a talent that can be applied into running, so therefore persistence has allowed you to develop a

talent. The most important aspect of persistence is the applicability of the quality, the quality can be

implemented onto every aspect of your life, such a s athletics, academics, or extra curricular activities.

So therefore persistence will always assist us in the development of talents if it is applied properly.