Quotes about Steadfastness

We can follow a steady upward course in a world of change without fear, welcoming opportunities

As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full. Moreover, I have tried it fairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution. Probably I should not consciously and deliberately forsake my particular calling to do the good which society demands of me, to save the universe from annihilation; and I believe that a like but infinitely greater steadfastness elsewhere is all that now preserves it.

Praising God and trusting Him should not, therefore, fluctuate with our situation. Conditions may change, but God remains steadfast. He may not remove your problems, but He will keep His hand on you. So choose to rejoice. After all, God is ever faithful.

I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don't fall into the trap of changing and modifying how I do things that aren't a positive example. I want to remain somebody that the entire family can listen to or watch.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

Disgraceful: for the soul to give up when the body is still going strong.

Be the stone cliff against which the waves constantly break, standing firm against the fury of the sea.

He was not easily moved and tossed up and down, but loved to be constant

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you are doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking.

Underneath all things means that beneath the floorboards, in the depths, in the spaces between the pebbles or sandy floor that contain the pond, that hold our own inside person, is something that can't be destroyed, a foundation that keeps all the water from sinking back into the earth. Something is there, something we need, when we come to rest, when all is lost.

Maturity is when you live your life by your commitments, not by your feelings.

A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock.