“The truest wisdom is a resolute determination,.
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DETERMINATION
- is a positive emotional feeling that involves persevering
towards a difficult goal in spite of obstacles
- the act of finding out or calculating something
(scientific meaning)
ETYMOLOGY
LATIN: Determinare, determination
Determinare – “to enclose, bound, or set limit to
(origin of determine)”
Determination – “conclusion, boundary
OLD FRENCH : Determinacion
SYNONYMS
Perseverance – steadfast in doing something despite
difficulty in achieving success
Persistence – the firm or obstinate continuance in a course
of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
Tenacity – the quality of being extremely determined
Obstinacy – the quality of being stubborn
Spirit - the quality of courage, energy, and determination
ANTONYMS
Spinelessness – the quality of missing or lacking courage
Vacillation – an act of being unsteady in mind or opinion
Indetermination – not being fixed, advance or determined
Diffidence - quality of being modest or shy
Idleness – inclination on not doing anything
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION
Explore all venues – try out all possibilities
Blood, sweat, and tears – to do something that requires a
lot of hard work
Beyond wildest dream – achieving something that is more
than what you bargained or hoped for
At all cost/s - object or to desire a goal regardless of the
expenses, effort, and/or sacrifice
On the brain – thinking about your dreams constantly
MANIFESTATIONS
Define success for yourself – being determined just does
not happen out of nowhere
Set personal goals – setting a personal goal will help to
inspire an individual to reach for his/her work
Develop specific strategies – once a person set a personal
goal/s, he/she must develop a strategy to accomplish it
Set clear boundaries – a person must know his/her
personal strength and weakness
Maintain – one must not lose his/her determination in the
process of accomplishing for his/her goals
BIBLICAL APPLICATION
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
- Philippians 4:13
QUOTATIONS
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat,
determination and hard work.”
- Colin Powell
“Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might.
Determination is power.”
- Chares Simmons
– Napoleon Bonaparte
“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in
a man’s determination.”
- Tommy Lasorda
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed
is strong enough.”
- Og Mandino
“Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.”
- Iain Duncan Smith
“Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.”
- Carl von Clausewitz
DILIGENCE
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ETYMOLOGY
SYNONYMS
Sedulity - diligence or hard work
Assiduity - attentive and persistent effort
Industry - the habit of working hard and steadily
Earnestness - serious and sincere in intention, purpose or effort
Vigor - strength, energy or determination
ANTONYMS
Negligence - failure to take the care that a responsible
person usually takes; lack of normal care or attention
Slack - doing something poorly because you are not putting
enough care or effort to it
Laziness - unwillingness to work or be active
Lethargy - a lack of energy or a lack of interest in doing things
Indolence - sloth, or the state of being lazy
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION
Keep your nose to the ground stone - to work very hard
for a long time
Work like a Trojan or work like a dog – work extremely
very hard
Keep your head down and your tail up – hard at work
Hang on by fingernails – you succeed in continuing to do
something in a very difficult situation
Burning the candle at both ends – to overwork or exhaust
oneself by doing too many things, especially both late at night
and early in the morning
BIBLICAL APPLICATION
“The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the
soul of the diligent is richly supplied.”
- Proverbs 13:4
MANIFESTATIONS
--Work hard.
--Never give up.
--Concentrate on your work.
--Keep your heart with all diligence.
--Focus the effort on the work at hand.
QUOTATIONS
“Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with
ardor and diligence.”
– Abigail Adams
“I never could have done what I have done without the habits
of punctuality, order and diligence. Without the determination
to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.”
– Charles Dickens
“Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.”
–William Penn
“Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as
inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as
revolution.”
–Tony Kusher
“He, who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are
accomplished by diligence and labor.”
–Menander
DISCERNMENT
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ETYMOLOGY
SYNONYMS
Perception – the way you think about or understand
someone or something
Judgment - ability to make good decisions about what
should be done
Insight - The ability to understand people and situations in
a very clear way
Acumen - ability to think clearly and make good decisions
Sagacious - having or showing an ability to understand
difficult ideas and situations and to make good decisions
ANTONYMS
Stupidity - the state of being foolish or unintelligent
Idiocy - extreme stupidity
Folly – lack of good sense of judgments
Illogical - not showing good judgment : not thinking about
things in a reasonable or sensible way : not logical
Witlessness – very foolish or stupid
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSION
I’ve seen worse - a noncommittal and not totally negative
judgment about something or someone
Discerning eye – particularly good at judging the quality
of something
A Daniel come to judgment – someone who makes a
wise judgment about something that has previously proven
difficult to resolve
Kid gloves – used in reference to careful and delicate
treatment of a person or a situation
Shed light – make something less confusing or make
something clear
MANIFESTATIONS
--Trace problems to their cause.
--Learn from experience.
--Do not repeat mistakes.
--Use your imagination.
--Do not judge easily.
BIBLICAL APPLICATION
“Folly brings joy to one who has no sense, but whoever has
understanding keeps a straight course.”
- Proverbs 15:21
QUOTATIONS
“Let us, then, cultivate an attitude of courage as over against
the investigations of the day. None should be more zealous in
them than we. None should be more quick to discern truth in
every field, more hospitable to receive it, more loyal to follow
it wherever it leads.”
– B.B. Warfield
“In addition to their willingness to yield to conscience’s
reproof, spiritual believers should also learn how to discern the
accusation of the enemy.”
– Watchman Nee
“Discernment is not a matter of simply telling the difference
between right and wrong, rather it is telling the difference
between right and almost right.”
– Charles Spurgeon
“Our inner being is in ascendancy, far above any obstacle or
disturbance. Yes, it is continually free and fresh and discerns
everything with the transparent sight of heaven. How radically
different this life of heaven on earth is from one that is swayed
by emotion.”
– Watchman Nee
“God does not exist to answer our prayers, but by our prayers
we come to discern the mind of God.”
- Oswald Chambers
ENDURANCE
- the capacity of something to last or to withstand wear and
tear
- it is the ability to do something difficult for a long time
ETYMOLOGY
OLD FRENCH: endure - “make hard”
ENGLISH WORD: indurance
SYNONYMS
Ceaseless - seeming to never stop : continuous or constant
Continuance - the act of continuing for a long period of time
Determination - firmness of purpose; resoluteness
Durability - staying strong and in good condition over a
long period of time
Vitality - the state of being strong and active; energy
ANTONYMS
Expiration - the ending of the fixed period for which a
contract is valid
Ending - the furthest part or point of something
Finish - to bring (something) to an end or to completion;
complete
Stoppage - an instance of movement, activity, or supply
stopping or being stopped
Termination - the action of bringing something or coming
to an end
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
Bite the bullet - decide to do something difficult or
unpleasant that one has been putting off or hesitating over
 Grit your teeth - to accept a difficult situation and deal Energy- the strength and vitality required for sustained
with it in a determined way physical or mental activity.
Roll with the punches - to cope with and withstand Devotion- love,loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person,
adversity, especially by being flexible activity, or cause.
What can't be cured must be endured - if you cannot do Zeal- great or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or an objective.
anything about a problem, you will have to live with it
He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens ANTONYMS
- you must be willing to endure unpleasant, irritating things in Half-hearted- without enthusiasm or energy.
order to get what you want Tepid-showing little enthusiasm.
Unenthusiastic-not having or showing enthusiasm.
MANIFESTATIONS Unwilling-not ready,eager, or prepared to do something.
--Do not be a quitter.
Grudging-given or granted only reluctantly or resentfully.
--Accept both instructions and corrections.
--Do not waste your time, energy, and talent on meaningless IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
pursuits.
With bells on - enthusiastically
--Always look to the positive sides.
--Do not take things for granted. Hold your horses - to hold or wait.
Bounce off the wall - to be excited and full of nervous energy.
BIBLICAL APPLICATION Edge of one’s seat - in suspense, waiting eagerly or
“No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to anxiously for some resolution.
mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted Have ants in pants-to not be able to keep still because you
beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will are very excited or worried about something.
also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 14 Therefore,
my dear friends, flee from idolatry.” MANIFESTATIONS
- 1 Corinthians 10:13-14 --Be on energy giver.
--Always smile.
QUOTATIONS --Treat every job as very important.
“Unless you have courage, a courage that keeps you going, --Put your heart in what you do.
always going, no matter what happens, there is no certainty of --Do not be discouraged by failure.
success. It is really an endurance race.”
– Henry Ford BIBLICAL APPLICATION:
“Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by “Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the
endurance.” Lord rather than for people.”
– Virgil - Ephesians 6:7
“The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole
world, brother.” QUOTATIONS
– Charles Dickens “Zeal is a volcano on the peak of which the grass of
“Endurance is the crowning quality, and patience all the indecisiveness does not grow.
passion of great hearts.” – Khalil Gibran
– James Russell Lowell Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence,
“At the end of the day it’s about how much you can bear, how is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
much you can endure. Being together, we harm nobody, being – Dale Carnegie
apart, we extinguish ourselves.” Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the
– Tabitha Suzuma undertaker will be sorry.
“To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life’s salt is – Mark Twain.
gone! To dwell in a dream that’s vanished- to endure, and go Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm .
calmly on! - Emerson
– Ben Janson
FAITH
ENTHUSIASM - Complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
- a strong feeling of active interest in something that you like or -
enjoy. ETYMOLOGY
- something that causes a feeling of excitement and active LATIN: fides - “trust,belief”
interest. OLD FRENCH: feid
ETYMOLOGY
GREEK: enthusiasmos from enthusiazein - “to be inspired” SYNONYMS
En-“within” Hope -to expect with confidence
Ousia-“essence” Optimism - a feeling or belief that what you hope for will
Eheos-“God” happen.
Conviction - a firmly held belief or opinion.
SYNONYMS Belief - trust,faith, or confidence in someone or something.
Ardor- intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm. Trust - firm belief in the reliability. Truth, ability, or
Fervor- intense and passionate feeling. strength of someone or something
ANTONYMS Hospitality - the practice of entertaining friends and
Doubt - lack of faith strangers with kindness and liberality.
Faithlessness - having no religious faith. Liberality - the quality of being free from narrowness in
Skeptical - having doubts or reservations ideas or doctrines; being plentiful.
Suspicious - having or showing a cautious distrust of Munificence - great liberality in giving.
someone or something. Largesse - generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon
Treachery - violation of allegiance or of faith and others.
confidence. Philanthropy - the desire to promote the welfare of others,
expressed especially by the generous donation of money to
IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS good causes.
Leap of faith - acceptance of an idea largely on faith. ANTONYMS
An act of faith - an act showing trust in someone or Selfishness - undue regard for one’s own interests.
something.
Miserliness - excessive desire to save money; extreme
In bad faith - without sincerity. meanness.
In good faith - with good and honest intent. Parsimony - extreme unwillingness to spend money or use
Show good faith - to demonstrate good intentions or good resources.
will Penuriousness - given to or marked by extreme stinting
frugality.
MANIFESTATIONS Tightness - constraint in giving.
--Have confidence in oneself and others.
--Stop making convenient excuses. IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS
--Success in making your goals and dreams come true. Generous to a fault - overly generous.
--Trusting God and other humans.
Lion’s share of something - the largest portion of something.
--Being happy when with others.
Do your share - to do what is expected of you to help.
Bleeding heart - said of someone who is conspicuously or
BIBILICAL APPLICATION: excessively generous.
“But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because
the one who doubts is like wave of the sea, blown and tossed by
Open(one’s) heart - show generosity or kindness.
the wind.” MANIFESTATIONS
- James 1:6
--Encouraging generous behavior.
QUOTATIONS --Nurturing the practice of giving.
--Doing someone a favor without asking or expecting anything
“When you have faith in yourself you don’t need others to
in return.
believe in you.”
--Always thinking of others before oneself.
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--Not taking differences as a reason not to help.
“People will hate you, rate you, shake you, and break you. But
how strong you stand is what makes you.” BIBILICAL APPLICATION:
– LeBron James
“Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his
“Faith is not knowing what the future holds but knowing who
bread with the poor.”
holds the future.”
- Proverbs 22:9
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“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith
is to see what you believe.” QUOTATIONS
– Saint Augustine “There is no better exercise for the heart than reaching down
“Faith and Prayer both are invisible, but they make impossible and lifting people up.”
things possible.(!!!) - John Holmes
-(?) “Real Generosity is doing something nice for someone who
“Fear and Faith have something in common. They both ask us will never find out.”
to believe in something we cannot see.” - Frank Howard Clark
– Joel Osteen “Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking
less than you need.”
GENEROSITY - Khalil Gibran
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what
- the quality of being kind, understanding and not selfish.
we give.”
ETYMOLOGY – Winston Churchill
Latin: generositas – “nobility” “Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the
generosus - “of noble birth” present.”
Middle French: genereux - Albert Camus

SYNONYMS
Beneficence - the quality or state of doing or producing good.
Magnanimity - kindness and generosity towards someone.