Chapter 72Perseverance

Persist in your aspiration and your effort and you will succeed.

12 June 1971

* Continuity: knowing how to persist in one’s effort.

* Perseverance: the decision to go to the very end.

* * * Persevere and all obstacles will be conquered.

* Persevere — it is the surest way to success. What you have not been able to achieve in you last year, you will do this year.

With my love and blessings.

* Persevere in your aspiration and effort, do not allow yourself to be discouraged by setbacks. This always happens in the beginning. But if you continue to fight without paying any attention to them, a day will come when the resistances give way and the difficulties vanish. My help is always with you, but you must learn to use it and to rely on it rather than on your own resources.

29 May 1956

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What you are not able to do today, you will achieve tomorrow. Persevere and you shall conquer.

* It is by persevering that one conquers difficulties, not by running away from them. One who perseveres is sure to triumph. Victory goes to the most enduring. Always do your best and the Lord will take care of the results.

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What is obstinacy? How can one use it best?

It is the wrong use of a great quality — perseverance.

Make a good use of it and it will be all right. Be obstinate in your effort towards progress, and your obstinacy will become useful.

29 May 1971

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