It is the Courage to Continue that Counts

"Success is not the final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." (Winston Churchill) No matter what obstacles you encounter or how dreadful your situation is, you must keep working hard to achieve your goal. You must never give up.


If you never give up, and keep working towards your goal, you will achieve what you desire. 1890, in Henryville, Indiana, a male baby was born in a very poor family. His mother remarried to another man who abused him all the time, so he runs away from home at an age of 12. Later he does any kind of labor he could do and he opens up a business at an age of 22, but unfortunately squanders all his money. However, he never gives up and again opens up another business, but becomes broke again after an economic crisis. When he becomes 40, he is desperate to look for other jobs, but he loses his son. Despite his miserable life, he finds a way out and starts cooking chicken dishes, and becomes successful enough to open up a restaurant but at 49, goes bankrupt again. As a result, he suffers from a mental illness, and his wife who couldn't stand living with him anymore, leaves him. Afterwards, he comes up with an important decision and he starts collecting money by doing work, and on his 65th birthday, he buys himself an old truck to travel all over america and sell his recipe of method on how to fry chickens. He gets turned down over 1000 times but finally at the age of 68, he signs a contract to sell his chicken. Furthermore, at the age of 74, he opens up a first-ever franchise restaurant which now stands proud all around the world. This man's name is 'Colonel Harland Sanders' with his restaurant called 'Kentucky Fried Chicken(KFC)'. Even though Colonel Sanders' life was horrible in the beginning, his indefatigable personality led him to success in his life. He faced so many obstacles and had gone through so many difficult times, but he knew that giving up was the least thing he wanted to do, and at last, achieved his goal. He also quoted, "I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know."

Tenacity is very important to everyone's life. Without tenacity, you will never achieve anything you desire. Thomas Edison was very famous for not giving up. He had many difficulties, and even if he failed countless times, he didn't give up. Thomas Edison was not a good student. All the teachers didn't like him because he was always curious, and asked many questions that wasn't related to class. As a result, he could go to school only for 3 months in his whole life. Thomas' family became very poor, so he started working when he turned 12. Also, he suffered a disease that made one of his ear become deaf. Despite his difficulties, he never gave up. Additionally, when Thomas Edison invented the carbon filament light bulb, he had failed millions of times. Even if he failed so many times, he never gave up. As a result, he could invent the light bulb. He also quoted, "I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work." Thomas Edison has invented over 1000 inventions in all, which is the most inventions invented by one inventor in the world. The only reason it was possible for him to do that was his tenacity, and his effort.

People with disabilities need more effort. It requires them to never give up and work harder to overcome their disability. In Korea, there is a pianist called Lee Hee-Ah. When she was born, she only had four fingers in total, and she didn't have any leg under her knee. When she was young, she started learning how to play the piano in order to strengthen her fingers. But as time went by, she couldn't stop playing her piano, because she loved to play the piano too much. As her skills developed more and more, the difficulty of the pieces she practiced became harder and harder, too. Afterwards, it was too hard for Hee-ah to play those pieces, and she felt frustrated, because she kept thinking that if she had 10 fingers, she could play these pieces easily. However, Hee-ah never gave up. She knew that she had to practice and work harder to become better at playing the piano. She failed to play the pieces countless times, but she tried even harder every time she failed. As a result, she became a very successful and famous pianist. Now, she travels all around the world, giving hopes for people who have disabilities, and telling them not to give up. Hee-ah knew not to give up at her most desperate situation, and to work hard to achieve her dreams. Therefore, she overcame her obstacles, and successfully took the victory.


"If you fall down seven times, then get up eight." Even if you fail countless times, you can not give up. Colonel Sanders, Thomas Edison, Lee Hee-Ah, these people knew to never give up despite how many times they fail. Therefore they are the true heroes of the world.

You Don't Want It to Happen, Do You?

Just think of an infected society
where no personal opinions can be spoken
and facts are disguised since long time ago.
No one notices unfairness
since their wisdom is gone.
You don't want it to happen, do you?
So speak with conviction
and speak with belief.