Quotes about Persistence
I don't pray when I'm in the mood anymore then I wash dishes when I'm in the mood. Pray 'til you feel like praying.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Pray when you feel like praying. Pray when you don't feel like praying. Pray until you feel like praying.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Prayer never evaporates. It sets into motion forces as inexorable and perhaps as unhurriable as a glacier, but when the Lord's arm reaches down, no power in heaven or earth will frustrate him.
— Elisabeth Elliot
Much can be accomplished if you seek a heart of wisdom and walk diligently with God each and every day.
— Elizabeth George
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Like a dog, he hunts in dreams.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.
— Alice Hoffman
We can do more than pray, after we have prayed, but not until.
— Alistair Begg
It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.
— George Clooney
I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La Scala!
— Maya Angelou
If you've ever been in a position in your life where you just can't take any more, you just have to get through the next second, and the next second after that.
— Michael Novak
Perseverance is a positive, active characteristic.
— Joseph Wirthlin