But perseverance is my glory, and patience my handmaid, when I have in view an object worthy of my attempts.

Perseverance is a steady and lasting persistence in a well-considered principle.

The coast westward of Mackenzie's river, under any circumstances, was extremely hazardous to navigate; but under the difficulties which Captain Franklin experienced, further perseverance on his part would have been unpardonable rashness.

Perseverance and determination are an extra pair of legs to a traveller in his journey through life.

But whether or not this rather improbable story be true, avarice and tyranny on the part of a brother seems to have roused the dormant power in Dido's nature; and the indomitable perseverance, fortitude, and faculty for government displayed by the outraged woman, were the forces which brought about the founding of a powerful nation.

But, sir, however this mission may terminate, a steady perseverance in a system of national defense commensurate with our resources and the situation of our country is an obvious dictate of duty.

Industry, patience, perseverance are qualities inherent in the very atmosphere of country life.

Obstinacy is resistance to truth; perseverance is a continuance in truth or error.

The soft simplicity of Desdemona, confident of merit and conscious of innocence, her artless perseverance in her suit, and her slowness to suspect that she can be suspected, are proofs of Shakespeare's skill in human nature.