perseverance (n.)
- acceptance
- assiduity
- balkiness
- bigotry
- bullheadedness
- commitment
- continuance
- continuation
- continuity
- decision
- decisiveness
- dedication
- definiteness
- determinateness
- determination
- devotion
- diligence
- doggedness
- dogmatism
- earnestness
- endurance
- extension
- fanaticism
- firmness
- forbearance
- fortitude
- grit
- guts
- indefatigability
- indulgence
- inflexibility
- intolerance
- lengthening
- lenience
- leniency
- long-sufferance
- long-suffering
- longanimity
- maintenance
- mulishness
- obduracy
- obstinacy
- patience
- perpetuation
- persistence
- pertinacity
- pigheadedness
- pluck
- progress
- progression
- prolongation
- protraction
- purpose
- purposefulness
- pursuance
- relentlessness
- repetition
- resoluteness
- resolution
- resolve
- restiveness
- run
- sedulousness
- self-control
- self-will
- seriousness
- sincerity
- single-mindedness
- stamina
- steadfastness
- stoicism
- stubbornness
- sufferance
- sulkiness
- sullenness
- sustenance
- tenaciousness
- tenacity
- tirelessness
- tolerance
- toleration
- way
- will
- willfulness
Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.
