Positive character trait

Steadfast

adj. Firm, dependable, and not easily discouraged.

4 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu

What it looks like

  • Keeps a commitment through delays, setbacks and other people's doubts.
  • Stays the same friend in bad times as in good ones.
  • Holds to a sound decision under pressure to drop it.

Fits when loyalty to a sound commitment remains firm through pressure or delay

Not when persistence continues after the commitment has become harmful or unjust

How to say it

Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.

Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.

  • Resume line
    Saw [project] through [number] of [setbacks or funding rounds] over [period] to [launch or result].
  • Reference or recommendation
    [Name] is steadfast: over [period] of [difficulty], they kept [project or commitment] going when others had given up on it.
  • Report card comment
    [Name] is steadfast in their effort and keeps going even when work is difficult.
  • In a story, shown not told
    For eleven winters she drove the same road to the same hospital, and she was never once late.
Example

He remained steadfast beside the family throughout the long appeal.

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