Quotes about Overcoming Obstacles
Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”
— Deuteronomy 1:28
Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”
— Joshua 14:12
So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
— Judges 2:3
And Samson reached out for the two central pillars supporting the temple. Bracing himself against them with his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other,
— Judges 16:29
So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
— Judges 18:26
David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
— 1 Samuel 17:39
Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
— 1 Samuel 17:49
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
— 2 Kings 3:26
Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will make you stumble before the enemy, for God has power to help and power to overthrow.”
— 2 Chronicles 25:8
Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
— Nehemiah 4:10
When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
— Nehemiah 4:15
Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.
— Nehemiah 4:19