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  2. List of plants with symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Perseverance, love of nature, [5] [6] nobility [4] Mallow: ... List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas;

  3. Gaman (term) - Wikipedia

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    Gaman (我慢) is a Japanese term of Zen Buddhist origin which means "enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity". [1] [2] The term is generally translated as "perseverance", "patience", or "tolerance". [3]

  4. Cultural depictions of spiders - Wikipedia

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    In graphic novels, spiders are often adapted by superheroes or villains as their symbols or alter egos due to the arachnid's strengths and weaknesses. One of the most notable characters in comic book history has taken his identity from the spider, the Marvel comic book hero Spider-Man. Peter Parker was accidentally bitten by a radioactive ...

  5. How the Clenched Fist Became a Black Power Symbol

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    Although the clenched fist has come to represent a show of power and perseverance—upon Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990, both he and his wife Winnie raised their fists in triumph ...

  6. Daruma doll - Wikipedia

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    This characteristic has come to symbolize the ability to have success, overcome adversity, and recover from misfortune. [8] In Japanese popular culture on cards, banners and books, Daruma is often illustrated alongside the phrase "Nanakorobi Yaoki" ( 七転び八起き ), translated to mean "seven times down, eight times up".

  7. Grit (personality trait) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, grit is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on a person's perseverance of effort combined with their passion for a particular long-term goal or end state (a powerful motivation to achieve an objective). This perseverance of effort helps people overcome obstacles or challenges to accomplishment and drives people to achieve.

  8. Perseverance - Wikipedia

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    Perseverance (solitaire), a traditional playing-card game; Brock Lesnar (born 1977; ring name: Perseverance), American wrestler and MMA fighter; The Perseverance, a collection of poetry by Raymond Antrobus; 975 Perseverantia, a Koronian asteroid; Perseverance Theatre, a professional theater company in Juneau, Alaska; Belief perseverance, in ...

  9. Phoenix (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The law of Perseverance is among the deepest in man: by nature he hates change; seldom will he quit his old house till it has actually fallen about his ears. Thus have I seen Solemnities linger as Ceremonies, sacred Symbols as idle Pageants, to the extent of three hundred years and more after all life and sacredness had evaporated out of them.