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 for success in any
thing. The Proverb, “Well begun is half done”, is only half the truth. It is
good to begin well: but if we do not go on well until we finish we shall never
do anything. It is easy to begin piece or work; but it is not easy to stick at
it until it is done. The Bible says, “He that endures to the end, shall be
saved.”
A boy begins to work for an examination at school.
His subjects are new, and interesting. At first he finds them easy and worries
well. But after a bit, the novelty wears off. The subjects get more difficult
He loses interest or he gets discouraged. At last he gives up regular work and
wastes his time. When he goes up for examination of course he fails.
A man opens a shop. He is full of hope that his
business will succeed, and he works hard. At first things go well and he is
happy. But he gets lazy, and does not take the same interest in his shop. Or he
thinks it is now quite safe, and he need not work so hard. He gets sack; his
stock runs out, and he does not replace. It He gets not so careful to please
his customers. Gradually his shop goes down; until at last a smarter man starts
a rival shop, and spoils his business.
If we want to succeed in anything, we must
persevere. This is the lesson of the story of Robert Bruce and the spider. It
is also the lesson of the old table of the race between the slow tortoise and
the swift hare. The tortoise by steadily plodding on ultimately won that race.
In short perseverance is very important in mean’s
life. It takes us to success. It keeps the man busy as well as interested in
his business. Without this characteristic, no one can achieve any thing big in
his life. It is the great quality which assures success in the end.