1. studentsuccess
persistenceandcourage
ByBriansittingbearLopez

2. Studentsuccessstatement
“Nothingintheworldcantaketheplaceofpersistence.Talentwillnot;nothingismorecommonthan
unsuccessfulmenwithtalent.Geniuswillnot;theworldisfullofeducatedderelicts.Persistenceand
determinationaloneareomnipotent.Theslogan„presson‟hassolvedandalwayswillsolvetheproblemsof
thehumanrace.”
-CalvinCoolidge,30thpresidentoftheUnitedStates
• Persistenceisthekeytoattaininganythingthatyouwant.Thereisabsolutelynothingthatwill
getyousofarintolifethanpersistence.Itisthisthatwillgetyouthroughlifeandwillalsogetyou
whatyouwant.Tobeabletogoonandgetwhatyouwantthatistheultimatepowerthatmancould
everwield.

3. Studentsuccessstatement
“Toseewhatisrightandnottodoitiswantofcourage.”
-Confucius
• Notdoingthatwhichisrightmeansthatyoulackcourage.Couragethatyoulackwill
alwayskeepyoufromdoingwhatisrightbecauseyouareafraidthatsomeonemightnot
thinkit‟s“cool”or“hip.”Doingwhatisrightshouldapplyonyourcouragenotyour
inabilitytodisappointyourfriends.Alwaysdowhatisrightasthatiswhereyouwill
findthecouragethatyouneed.

4. Studentsuccessstatement
“Persistencecanchangefailureintoextraordinaryachievement.”
-MattBiondi
• Whenonceyoufailsomethingifyou‟repersistentenoughyouwillbeabletoovercomethat
whichmadeyoufailandridyourselfofitlikeitwereneverthere.Persistenceisthekeyfor
anyonetofullycompleteanythingshouldyousofailitwouldnotmatterasyoucouldeasilyfix
that.Ifyoufailbutthenperseverethanyoucouldmakethatloseintoawinasitcomesback
around.