"For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become
weary and discouraged in your souls." (Heb. 12:3)
Code of Persistence
1. I will never give up so long as I know I am right.
2. I will believe that all things will work out for me if I hang on until the end.
3. I will be courageous and undismayed in the face of odds.
4. I will not permit anyone to intimidate me or deter me from my goals.
5. I will fight to overcome all physical handicaps and setbacks.
6. I will try again and again, and yet again, to accomplish what I desire.
7. I will take new faith and resolution from the knowledge that all successful men and women had to fight defeat and adversity.
8. I will never surrender to discouragement or despair, no matter what seeming obstacles may confront me. (From Harold Sherman)