We’re looking for young people who have drive, initiative, and new ideas.
He’s clever enough, but he lacks drive.
resolve formal a strong determination to succeed in doing something, especially because you are sure that it is a good thing to do
The poverty she saw there strengthened her resolve to do something to help.
The success of a military enterprise depends partly on the resolve of its leaders.
perseverance the ability to continue trying to achieve something over a long period in a patient way, even when this is difficult
Reaching this standard of musical skill requires incredible perseverance.
A good teacher should have imagination and perseverance.
ruthlessness the quality of being extremely determined to achieve what you want, and not caring if you have to hurt other people to do it
He was a man who pursued his aims with complete ruthlessness.
The revolt was suppressed with total ruthlessness.
tenacity formal the determination to never stop trying to do something, especially when other people try to stop you
He clung to power with a remarkable tenacity.
When fighting cancer, Tsongas showed the same tenacity he displayed in politics.
Examples from the Corpus
determination• Determination and hard work led Sanders from poverty to success.• As usual Eva entered into the spirit of the thing with energy and determination.• After the accident, Billlearned to walk again through sheer hard work and determination.• This book really has everything: extraction; cleanup; determination.• Success requiresdoggeddetermination, as well as ability.• On the other hand, the agency has been dragging its feet all the way in making the endangereddetermination.• Great determination only occurs when there is great passion.• The inhabitant of two dimensional space could also refine the use of his measurement to make a quantitive determination of curvature.• A spokesmanstressed the police's determination to find the girl's killer.• But its seemingdetermination to do so is deeply troubling.• There was no cheering on the part of the men, but a stubborndetermination to obey orders and do their duty.