1942 – 2018
PERSEVERANCE
“However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.”
Stephen Hawking grew up in a well-educated family and loved learning. At the age of 21, while studying for his PhD, he was diagnosed with a disease that weakens muscles and causes paralysis. However, Stephen didn’t let that stop him from finishing his studies, becoming a professor, doing ground-breaking work in physics and cosmology, writing several best-selling books, and earning numerous awards and honors.
Do you persevere even when it feels like the world is against you?
Photo: NASA/Paul E. Alers, Public domain