endurance

Noun

Meaning

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patience.

Source: Webster's dictionary

fortitude survival patience birr energy existence resistance resolution suffering lifetime acceptance duration bearing continuity resignation

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lack evanescence discontinuance escape finish anxiety

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life living animation strength aliveness

Endurance is the queen of all virtues. John Chrysostom

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. Alfred Hitchcock

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppose. Frederick Douglass

Endurance pierces marble. Moroccan Proverb

To endure what is unendurable is true endurance. Japanese Proverb

Diligence is the vehicle on the paths of Mountains of Books; endurance is the vessel on the courses of the Seas of Learning. Chinese Proverb