Quotes about Perseverance

Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards.

Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how God has turned it into good no matter what.

If where winning spiritually, we're a winner.

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.

The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence of the Montgomery movement. One elderly woman summed it up for the rest. When asked after several weeks of walking whether she was tired, she answered: "My feet is tired, but my soul is at rest."

Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything.

Let us be like that unafraid bird Lighted upon a twig that swings Feeling it yield but singing on— For knowing that he has wings!

God uses suffering as a whetstone, to make men sharp with.

It's because so much happens. Too much happens. That's it. Man performs, engenders, so much more than he can or should have to bear. That's how he finds that he can bear anything. That's it.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

I wouldn't ever say if you're having tough times then there must be something wrong with you or your attitude. Life's a fight. It's a good fight of faith. I encourage people to stay up, stay hopeful, stay faith-filled.