Quotes about Persistence
We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
— Lamentations 5:5
It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
— Ezekiel 24:12
And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
— Daniel 1:21
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
— Hosea 12:3
They do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
— Joel 2:8
Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
— Jonah 1:13
What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
— Zechariah 4:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
— Matthew 7:7
For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
— Matthew 7:8
Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak.
— Matthew 9:20
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
— Matthew 9:27
And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
— Matthew 15:22