Quotes about Persistence

We just have to show up and pray. Some

The irony of their impatience is that only by learning to wait, and by a willingness to accept the bad with the good, do we usually attain those things that are truly worthwhile.

True purity, however, is a direction, a persistent, determined pursuit of righteousness. This direction starts in the heart, and we express it in a lifestyle that flees opportunities for compromise.

It is not as important how we start (our past), but how we finish.

There are times when you simply have to righteous hang on and outlast the devil.

If we do not feel like praying, then we should pray until we do feel like praying.

Prayer—persistent prayer—can put us in touch with God, our greatest source of comfort and counsel.

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

With a twinkle in his eyes, my friend says that his favorite prayer is, "Lord, give me patience—and give it to me right now!

Many times I have been driven to prayer. When I was in Bible school I didn't know what to do with my life. I used to walk the streets . . . and pray, sometimes for hours at a time. In His timing, God answered those prayers, and since then prayer has been an essential part of my life.

Put God to the test when troubles come. He won't let you down. In the midst of a painful illness, Paul begged God to intervene and take it away. But God replied, "My grace is sufficient for you" (2 Corinthians 12:9). It was sufficient for Paul, and it will be for you.

The Word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress.