perseverance

A pretty perceptive man once said to me that Success was about "keeping on keeping on". He was Japanese American. I didn't really understand him properly at the time, unacquainted as I was with the different variations of American English Vernacular. I rather suspect now, after some 15 years, that he was simply talking about Perseverance. Or as the lyrics of that song released by the unforgettably named band "Chumbawumba" goes:

"I get knocked down, but I get up again.
I get knocked down, but I get up again.
They ain't never gonna keep me down"

So if I was to be so arrogant as to offer advice to anyone I would simply say:

Never give up.

Never give in.

Keep on keeping on.

................................................I think.