The Importance Associated With Persistence

  Student Success Statement

“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; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

EDUCATION: will not; the world is full of uneducated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “Press On” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”- President Calvin Coolidge

What an insightful statement which allows us to understand the meaning of success. Every individual believes if you are not talented you cannot succeed, well what if you are unsuccessful and talented; talent does not assure anything, if you are talented and single-minded you will over-estimate your abilities, this over confidence will result in your failure. You failed because of your lack of persistence and determination. We must not view failure as bondage; we must view it as an opportunity which will allow us to learn from our mistakes. I once believed that if you know a vast amount of facts and can memorize entire pages you will be deemed a genius, this is a clear misconception. In order to succeed you must memorize such concepts, but you must also be able to apply what you have learned or memorized, if you are not able to do such things; then you clearly do not understand. A student who is determined to understand the concept, will memorize and learn to apply the concept, this persistence will provide him with success.