Albert Einstein once said of his accomplishments: “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
We tend to attribute Einstein’s greatness to his genius. He attributed it to his persistence.
Missionary and social reformer William Carey said something similar…
“I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.”
Like Einstein, Carey attributed his accomplishments not to his own brilliance, but to simple persistence.
I love both of these quotes because these are strengths — persistence and perseverance — that anyone can choose to employ.
You may never be as talented as you would like, or have access to all the resources you want, and you may not see the immediate results you were hoping to see … but you can plod. You can stay with each task longer than others do. And you’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish.
Steady plodding brings prosperity…(Proverbs 21:5)
Today, like every day, you can be just as persistent as you want to be.
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (Galatians 6:9)
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