June 3, 2022 Newsletter

The TDSB Character Trait for June is Perseverance. What is perseverance and why is it important?

Students demonstrate the trait of perseverance by continuing to perform their responsibilities and pursue their goals with vigor and tenacity despite frustrations, mistakes, setbacks, and other obstacles that make their task difficult or seem impossible. They resist temptations and pressures to give up or quit, choosing instead, to persist as long as they are able.

Here are some quotes to help you think about perseverance and how you can apply it to help you achieve.

• “Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson

• “When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope whispers, ‘Try one more time.’” – Unknown

• “Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill

• “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein

• “Failure is success if we learn from it.” – Malcolm Forbes

• “When a door closes, try to re–open it. If it does not yield, look for another door. If you can’t find one, look for a window. If there is no window, poke a hole in the wall and make one. There is always a way out. Nothing that confines you is stronger than your will to be free.” – Michael Josephson

• “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi

• “The difference between a try and a triumph is a little umph.” – Unknown

• “When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt

• “The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” – Henry Ward Beecher

• “Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.”  – Unknown

• “Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.” – Josh Billings

• “If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” – Flavia Weedn

• “Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” – Walter Elliott

• “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.” – G.B. Shaw

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