Quotes about Perseverance

I slipped my arm beneath Betsie's shoulders and half-carried her the final quarter-mile. At last the path ended and we lined up facing the single track, over a thousand women standing toe to heel.

But I am in prison, dear lady from Haarlem, a prison stronger than this one.

Love is not soft as water is; it is solid as a rock on which the waves of hatred beat in vain.

It was a fact. We knew it, we experienced it minute by minute—poor, hated, hungry. We are more than conquerors. Not "we shall be." We are! Life in Ravensbruck took place on two separate levels, mutually impossible. One, the observable, external life, grew every day more horrible. The other, the life we lived with God, grew daily better, truth upon truth, glory upon glory.

And I would know again that in darkness God's truth shines most clear.

At last she pointed to a second tier in the center of a large block. To reach it we had to stand on the bottom level, haul ourselves up, and then crawl across three other straw-covered platforms to reach the one that we would share with—how many?

Tragically, many people have this faithless, wishy-washy mindset, which causes them to lose the battle in their minds before they ever fight it in the world.

Faith doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Faith means you don't let fear stop you.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

If you're not dead, you're not done.

My pastor used to say you're either coming out of a tough season, in the middle of a tough season, or heading into a tough season.

But if we've honestly done everything we can, by definition we can't do anything more.