n.

1. Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness.
2. Christianity. The Calvinistic doctrine that those who have been chosen by God will continue in a state of grace to the end and will finally be saved.

noun

The state or quality of being insistent: insistence, insistency, persistence, persistency. See continue/stop/pause.

n

Definition: diligence, hard work
Antonyms: apathy, idleness, indolence, laziness, lethargy

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

    "Persevere, persevere!" cry the homilists all,
    Themselves, day and night, persevering to bawl.
    "Remember the fable of tortoise and hare --
    The one at the goal while the other is -- where?"
    Why, back there in Dreamland, renewing his lease
    Of life, all his muscles preserving the peace,
    The goal and the rival forgotten alike,
    And the long fatigue of the needless hike.
    His spirit a-squat in the grass and the dew
    Of the dogless Land beyond the Stew,
    He sleeps, like a saint in a holy place,
    A winner of all that is good in a race.
                                                          Sukker Uffro

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IN BRIEF: Continual determination.

Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth. — Julie Andrews

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udholdenhed, ihærdighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
volharding, door- zettingsvermogen

Français (French)
n. - persévérance

Deutsch (German)
n. - Beharrlichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εμμονή, καρτερικότητα, επιμονή, καρτερία, εγκαρτέρηση

Italiano (Italian)
perseveranza, costanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - perseverança (f)

Русский (Russian)
настойчивость

Español (Spanish)
n. - perseverancia, tenacidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uthållighet, framhärdande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
毅力, 不屈不挠, 忍耐

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 毅力, 不屈不撓, 忍耐

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 인내, 불굴, 악착스러움

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 忍耐, 窮極の救済

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مواظبه على, مثابرة على, دأب على العمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התמדה, שקדנות‬

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