Quotes about Persistence

Truth is patient. It can afford to be, for eventually it will have its way.

So at last when I believed Christianity was dead, I said, "Even so, I will believe in it, and I will weep at its tomb until it rises again, as it surely will.

Philippians 1:6: "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Willpower works for a few weeks, or maybe a month or two at best.

Ignoring a temptation is far more effective than fighting.

your own. You have probably tried to change many times and have failed to maintain the changes.

Once again, God has a purpose. A desire. A goal. And God never stops pursuing it. Jesus tells a series of parables in Luke 15 about a woman who loses a coin, a shepherd who loses a sheep, and a father who loses a son. The stories aren't ultimately about things and people being lost; the stories are about things and people being found. The God that Jesus teaches us about doesn't give up until everything that was lost is found. This God simply doesn't give up. Ever.

Find me one person who's doing something interesting in the world who hasn't felt the hot sting of a NO. Or a door slammed in the face. Or boos. Or a rejection letter. Or a tepid reception. Or bankruptcy. Or gotten fired.

He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

But no, I was out for stars; I would not come in. I meant not even if asked; And I hadn't been.

The only way out is through.