Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Word of the Week: Perseverance

On Monday, watched this clip from the movie "Facing the Giants".  Students were asked to use one "character" word to describe the scene.  Words like determination, effort, tenacity and perseverance surfaced from our conversation.  As a teacher, I was also reminded of the importance and impact of encouragement.  Students, please include your chosen quote in the comments!  Let's collect quotes that inspire us towards greater determination!

24 comments:

  1. "It always seems impossible until it's done.”
    ― Nelson Mandela
    Tayah

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  2. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
    Colin Powell

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  3. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
    Colin Powell


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  4. Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
    Vince Lombardi

    -Jayson L.

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  5. ~ A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work~
    Colin Powen, Brook

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  6. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
    Colin Powell

    Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/determination.html#lPZP6Kuo6tbOIfFk.99

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  7. We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

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  8. "It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are." ~E.E Cummings
    -Halle

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  9. Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
    Vince Lombardi

    evan b

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  10. It's better die trying than die doing nothing. -Larry Ma

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  11. "When you want to breath as much as you want to succeed, the you will be successful." Erik Thomas.

    -Dylan

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  12. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by the people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope. ~unknown

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  13. It's better die trying than die doing nothing- Larry Ma

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  14. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
    ~ Colin Powell

    - Allisson

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  15. Its not whether you get knocked down, its whether you get back up. Vince Lombardi Walker.Jerome

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  16. I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
    Nelson Mandela

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  17. If we're going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.
    ~ Joel Osteen

    Corrections does much, but encouragement does more.
    ~ Johann Wolfgang von Geothe

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  18. let your past make you better not bitter unknown author

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  19. Its not whether you get knocked down, its whether you get back up. Vince Lombardi Walker.Jerome

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  20. When you come to the end of the rope tie a knot and hold on ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

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  21. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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  22. A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. ~Colin Powell

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  23. I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
    Michael Jordan
    Julia

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  24. i am too positive to be doubtful, too optimistic to be fearful,and too determined to be defeated

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