Remain
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed; to be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last. To await; to be left to. To continue in a state of being.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: State of remaining; stay. That which is left; relic; remainder; -- chiefly in the plural. remains: That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body. The posthumous works or productions, especially literary works of one who is dead.
Example sentence: The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
Persist
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To go on stubbornly or resolutely.To repeat an utterance.To continue to exist.To cause to persist; make permanent.
Example sentence: Always believe in yourself and keep going. You don't have to have the most talent in the world. You don't have to be the smartest person in the world. If you persist and you persist and you persist, you will be successful.