Quotes about Faithful Perseverance
I am writing to all the churches to let it be known that I will gladly die for God if only you do not stand in my way... Let me be food for the wild beasts, for they are my way to God.
— Ignatius of Antioch
The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life's different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course.
— Saint Boniface
Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
There are pockets of the church that will "give up," and reap a bountiful harvest. They are going to have huge success, like the church has never experienced since the Book of Acts.
— John Maxwell
It may seem like nothing is happening, but behind the scenes, God is working: moving the wrong people out of the way, lining up the favor, arranging the breaks you need. It's important to not only trust God, but to trust His timing.
— Joel Osteen
This is what Paul told Timothy in the Bible: "Stir up the gift, fan the flame." When you stir up the passion, your faith will allow God to do amazing things.
— Joel Osteen
There are no planes in the spiritual life; we are either going uphill or coming down.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.
— Teresa of Avila
The life of faith is not the perfect life; it is the life which clings on to what God has said he will do.
— Timothy Keller
We shall overcome, we shall overcome,We shall overcome some dayOh, deep in my heart I do believeWe shall overcome some day.
— Anonymous
He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
— Anonymous
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
— Anonymous