Quotes about Perseverance

God has made me into a tough, battle-hardened believer. I am very grateful to have those eleven years behind me. But I used them. I chose to survive with my faith intact. I chose to come out strong and together. I endured, and now I'm going to thrive. I don't expect life to be easy. I do expect God to be there with me. He was during the last eleven years.

No matter what advantages you are born with-- money, intelligence, an appealing personality, a sunny outlook, or good social connections-- none of these provides a magic key to an easy existence. Somehow life manages to bring difficult problems, the causes of untold suffering and struggle. How you meet your challenges makes all the difference between the promise of success and the specter of failure.

When you dig a well, there is no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

God's grip never slips.

Healthy couples can weather brutal storms and come out stronger on the other side. This is how relationships grow and deepen. 

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.

Without commitment, you'll never start. But more importantly, without consistency, you'll never finish.

Do what you got to do now, so you can do what you want to do later.