It requires not only faith, as Elias Freij suggests, but perseverance as well.
But perseverance is everything.
These include not only the perseverance that kept him tramping through the slough of despond when others might have given up, but also a nimble and well-stocked mind, an approachable manner on the stump and the big prize that eludes Mr Romney a palpable sincerity.
You know, what really strikes me about the immigrants who I am friends with and who I work with is not only their perseverance, but their ability to stay focused on the brighter side to human nature in spite of the rise of white supremacy and xenophobia in our country today.
Agnew continues, "Only with perseverance, determination, and constant encouragement from their peers, did they eventually, one by one, learn to ride". It soon became obvious to Agnew -- a former college basketball player -- that what the second graders were doing was much more than just learning to ride a unicycle.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, and the organization deserves credit not only for its perseverance but also for its adventuresome programming.
The articles were not only about teamwork, perseverance and former rivals learning to work together, but also about the hardships of a devastated infrastructure, the strain of families living apart or struggling for stability in a FEMA trailer park.
Mr. Shihri also speaks in the video, saying "by God, our imprisonment only increased our perseverance in the principles for which we went out, did jihad for, and were imprisoned for".
This, by contrast, will be remembered only for its perseverance with such an odd concept – it's not so much a movie, more a visual effect: the area that won it three Oscars.
