Quotes about Perseverance

TO BE GRATEFUL for an unanswered prayer, to give thanks in a state of interior desolation, to trust in the love of God in the face of the marvels, cruel circumstances, obscenities, and commonplaces of life is to whisper a doxology in darkness.

When we get waylaid from our walk with God by busyness, depression, family problems, or worse, God does not abandon us.

If we are going to keep on growing, we must keep on risking failure throughout our lives. When

Winston Churchill said it well: "Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.

The only cure for suffering is to face it head on, grasp it round the neck and use it.

What the father planted will be harvested, and nothing will get in the way. Not heresies, schisms, ecclesiastical blunders, defections, moral failures; not if the budget isn't balanced; not if I can't find a way to end this book; not persecutions or nuclear holocausts—nothing will obstruct the coming of the Kingdom.

Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness.

I have found over and over again how hard it is to be truly faithful to Jesus when I am alone.

Hope is not dependent on peace in the land, justice in the world, and success in the business. Hope is willing to leave unanswered questions unanswered and unknown futures unknown. Hope makes you see God's guiding hand not only in the gentle and pleasant moments but also in the shadows of disappointment and darkness.

He who thinks that he is finished, is finished. How true. Those who think that they have arrived, have lost their way. Those who think they have reached their goal, have missed it. Those who think they are saints, are demons.

I looked at the splendid drawings and paintings Rembrandt created in the midst of all his setbacks, disillusionment and grief. One must have died many deaths and cried many tears to have painted a portrait of God in such humility.

Waiting is a dry desert between where we are and where we want to be. (Finding My Way Home)