Some Examples Of Perseverance

"Michelagelo had to endure seven years on a scaffold to paint the Sistine Chapel. Vladimir Lenin spent thirty years preparing for his revolution. Inventor Chester Carlson pounded the streets for years before he could find backers for his Xerox photocopying process. Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone With The Wind' was rejected by fourteen publishers before it was accepted. No major studio would touch 'Star Wars.' Marathoner Joan Benoit had knee surgery seventeen days before the U.S. Olympic trials, but her determination enabled her not only to make the Olympic team, but also to become the first American to win the gold medal in her event. Walt Disney went to over three hundred banks- and was told no by every one- but he found a bank that would take a chance on his theme park idea." -From, "Everyday Enlightenment" By: Dan Millman