Quotes about Persistence
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
There are endless treasures of grace waiting for those who will make even the most feeble attempts to pray. The weakest prayers yield grace.
— Paul Washer
Surely revival delays because prayer decays.
— Leonard Ravenhill
Prayer begets Revival, which begets more prayer.
— Jim Cymbala
Battering the gates of heaven with the storms of prayer.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
What I've learned the more time I've spent following Jesus is that God delights in answering our impossible prayers.
— Bob Goff
The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
— St. Augustine
He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
— John of the Cross