Persistence: The Key To Success

One of our great presidents said the following: “Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not, nothing is more common. Genius will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

Of all the “Keys to Success”, none of them more easily turns the tumblers of the lock of success than Persistence. We are certainly aware of the power of persistence...we see it all around us. It’s on the television, or we hear about it on the news, and read about in the newspapers--people who have faced great difficulty or misfortune and have rallied something deep within themselves to keep trying--over and over again, through setback after setback, obstacle after obstacle, through hardship and often pain and have stayed the course to realize the object of their desire.

I have observed a problem common in most people who want to be successful in life. ...