Quotes about Persistence
Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.
— John of the Cross
There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead. Therefore, we must go forward.
— William Carey
Prayer is not a preparation for the battle; it is the battle!
— Leonard Ravenhill
Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
— St. Augustine
Persistent calling upon the name of the Lord breaks through every stronghold of the devil, for nothing is impossible with God. For Christians in these troubled times there is simply no other way.
— Jim Cymbala
God loves importunate prayer so much that He will not give us much blessing without it.
— Adoniram Judson
Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.
— Barbara Johnson
Three principles of prayer: 1. Keep it honest. 2. Keep it simple. 3. Keep it up.
— Nicky Gumbel
I never prayed sincerely and earnestly for anything but it came at some time; no matter at how distant a day, somehow, in some shape, probably the least I would have devised, it came.
— Adoniram Judson
The history of missions is the history of answered prayer. It is the key to the whole mission problem. All human means are secondary.
— Samuel Marinus Zwemer
He that knows how to overcome the Lord in prayer, has heaven and earth at his disposal.
— Charles Spurgeon