Salvation is conditioned on faith, therefore perseverance is also conditioned.

Traditional Calvinists believe in the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints, which says that because God chose some unto salvation and actually paid for their particular sins, he keeps them from apostasy and that those who do apostatize were never truly regenerated ( that is, born again ) or saved.

In East Timor, one of the two predominately Christian nations in southeast Asia ( the Philippines being the other ), for some, the roof of the house is reserved for gods and spirits of ancestors, the lower portion remains for the nature spirit and usually occupied by animals, and the cock is admired because of courage and perseverance, with the courage of a man compared with that of the cock, with the cockfight occurring regularly and “ many tais designs include the cock ”.

The sequence animates part of a song called ' stick-to-it-ivity ' which is sung to teach the main character about the importance of perseverance in the face of adversity.

Sima's famous letter to his friend Ren An about his sufferings during the Li Ling Affair and his perseverance in writing Shiji is today regarded as a highly admired example of literary prose style, studied widely in China even today.

" We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater ; therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure " ( 2 Thess 1: 3-5 ).

Trimalchio is a freedman who through hard work and perseverance has attained power and wealth.

Legend says in those 13 years, he passed by his house three times without going in, which is a sign of his perseverance in his work.

" It is unknown whether such vignettes are factual accounts of events in Demosthenes ' life or merely anecdotes used to illustrate his perseverance and determination.

But beyond meta cognition, a person high in perseverance is able to overcome low self-esteem and estimations that one cannot do the task as well as discouragement from peers and the desire to present oneself well.

As a categorical psychological strength, perseverance is regarded highly by society as opposed to laziness.

However Peterson and Seligman maintain its distinctiveness, pointing out that perseverance “ is explicitly shown across time, whereas control and regulation of oneself have a more here-and-now flavor ”.

Biased search, interpretation and memory have been invoked to explain attitude polarization ( when a disagreement becomes more extreme even though the different parties are exposed to the same evidence ), belief perseverance ( when beliefs persist after the evidence for them is shown to be false ), the irrational primacy effect ( a greater reliance on information encountered early in a series ) and illusory correlation ( when people falsely perceive an association between two events or situations ).

This belief perseverance effect has been shown by a series of experiments using what is called the " debriefing paradigm ": subjects read fake evidence for a hypothesis, their attitude change is measured, then the fakery is exposed in detail.

But when they begin to move in a given direction, they move with the steady momentum and perseverance of a mighty avalanche ; and what I fear is, they will overwhelm the South.

" This view understands that the security of believers is inseparable from their perseverance in the faith.

A few months after the events of the Hell Ditch Pilgrim case, Hyperdog is Traynor's replacement as Captain of Precinct 10, Robyn Slinger is no longer Toybox, and the fascist Mayor Famaille and Major Cindercott are out of power, casualties of the reality warping by Andy Soames, who now peacefully overlooks Top 10 as they once again celebrate survival and hopeful perseverance in a crazy and confusing beautiful world.

Augustine says, drawing from Jeremiah 32: 40, " Because perseverance is much more difficult when the persecutor is engaged in preventing a man's perseverance ; and therefore he is sustained in his perseverance unto death.

Although Chiang described his perseverance during the ordeal in Half Month In Xian, parts of his journal were clearly fabricated.

Yzerman won numerous awards during his career, including the Lester B. Pearson Award in 1989, the Conn Smythe Trophy as the Most Valuable Player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 1998, the Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward in 2000, and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance in 2003.

Achieved statuses meaning also what the individual acquires during his or her lifetime as a result of the exercise of knowledge, ability, skill and / or perseverance.

The indomitable perseverance he had shown during one of the most arduous voyages in the history of sea adventure gained the reward of the capture of an immensely rich prize, Nuestra Señora de Covadonga, possessing 1, 313, 843 pieces of eight, which he encountered off Cape Espiritu Santo on 20 June 1743.

General Winn lived in California during the Gold Rush and was impressed with the spirit and perseverance of the " Forty-Niners.

There were still bursts of high production, and indeed the output of certain mines during the 18th and 19th centuries exceeded anything achieved in the 17th century ; over 2658 loads ( about 641 tons or 651 metric tonnes ) were mined at Brassington, traditionally an area of low output, in 1862 At a meeting of the Barmote Court in Wirksworth in 1862 one mine owner announced " that by perseverance for upwards of twenty years, they had at last found the long sought for treasure, which he hoped would be prosperous, and they should be able to continue employing, as they are at the present time, upwards of 100 men at one mine in Brassington ".

Due to his successful comeback during the 2008 – 09 season, Sullivan was awarded the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for his perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey.

Falangists, the main political organization supporting Franco, suspected Escrivá of " internationalism, anti-Spanish sentiment, and freemasonry ," according to Berglar, who states that " during " the first decade of Franco's regime, Opus Dei and Escrivá were attacked with perseverance bordering on fanaticism, not by enemies but by supporters of the new Spanish state ".

The foundation's grantmaking during this period was marked by a certain eclecticism and a remarkable perseverance in its chosen causes.

The council stated that " A great measure of his ( Dr. Conboy's ) success may be attributed to his background of Irish Ancestry and the instilling into his youthful mind by his God-fearing parents, the importance in life of those attributes of honesty, perseverance, sympathy and tolerance and the lesson that men do not break down from overwork but from worry and dissipation .. ... His fine discriminating mind and broad and sympathetic outlook on life have been a tower of strength to his fellow colleagues in Council during the past four years of war fraught with such gave potentiality to the continuance of our present civilization.

Since 1947, the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans has bestowed an annual award on " outstanding individuals in our society who have succeeded in the face of adversity " and scholarships " to encourage young people to pursue their dreams with determination and perseverance ".

Lincoln mentioned their distinguished ability, courage and perseverance.

Note, however, that the fifth article did not completely deny perseverance of the saints ; Arminius, himself, said that " I never taught that a true believer can … fall away from the faith … yet I will not conceal, that there are passages of Scripture which seem to me to wear this aspect ; and those answers to them which I have been permitted to see, are not of such as kind as to approve themselves on all points to my understanding.

His capacity, willingness for hard work, his perseverance, and his alertness soon brought forth opportunities.

Here for nearly four years he labored with the greatest perseverance and industry.

It was totally unexpected, and it was only by extraordinary perseverance and perspicacity that Bradley was able to explain it in 1727.

Kant then argues that those things that are usually thought to be good, such as intelligence, perseverance and pleasure, fail to be either intrinsically good or good without qualification.

To France, soon to be invaded and occupied by Nazi forces, the film most expressed the " perseverance of democracy and the American way.

The author counsels ( 1 ) to steadfastness and perseverance under persecution ( 1 – 2: 10 ); ( 2 ) to the practical duties of a holy life ( 2: 11 – 3: 13 ); ( 3 ) he adduces the example of Christ and other motives to patience and holiness ( 3: 14 – 4: 19 ); and ( 4 ) concludes with counsels to pastors and people ( chap.

His perseverance finally paid off, with the major box-office hit A Guide for the Married Man ( 1967 ) where he directed Walter Matthau.

Modern Japanese style training emphasizes the psychological elements incorporated into a proper kokoro ( attitude ) such as perseverance, fearlessness, virtue, and leadership skills.

His perseverance in the face of some astronomical scores by the fearsome quartet of Mohammed Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Navjot Sidhu and Vinod Kambli was in sharp contrast to the submission with which his team-mates played the series.

She has a symbol for integrity on her lower back ; the symbol for patience / perseverance and a cherry blossom on her ankles and two dragonflies on her back.

It was through Alfred Pocock's perseverance that Grace had learned to play straight and to develop a sound defence so that he would stop or leave the good deliveries and score off the poor ones.

With the attempts to help of the Ikkoku tenants ( Godai neighbors ) and his own perseverance, he eventually overcomes his phobia.

:" His ability and perseverance may be understood from various literary compositions of after life, such as the articles he contributed to the Edinburgh Encyclopædia, such as Architecture, Bridge-building, and Canal-making.

The people who noticed him praised his perseverance and were so inspired by him that other tribes joined in his work as well.

Inventors are often famous for their confidence, their perseverance and their passion.

He was also a mathematics genius of the 15th century — albeit his mental aptitude was perseverance rather than any unusual endowment of intellect.