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Quotes about Perseverance

We give up too easily. We give up too soon. We quit praying right before the miracle happens.
— Mark Batterson
Don't give up on your dream. If you do, you aren't just giving up on its present-tense reality. You're giving up on its future-tense potential. Were
— Mark Batterson
God can deliver you in one day, but it may take years to break old habits or build new habits.
— Mark Batterson
Every once in a while, I need a no-agenda day with nothing to do, but those aren't the days we're going to celebrate at the end of our lives. We won't even remember those days. What we'll remember are the days when we had everything to do, and with God's help, we did it. We won't remember the things that came easy; we'll remember the things that came hard. We'll remember the miracles on the far side of "long and boring.
— Mark Batterson
When we try to make things go faster, we usually slow things down. When we try to make things easier, we usually make them harder. Don't try to manufacture your own miracles. Don't try to answer your own prayers. Don't try to do God's job for Him. Stay humble. Stay patient. Stay focused.
— Mark Batterson
We need the patience of the planter. We need the foresight of the farmer. We need the mindset of the sower.
— Mark Batterson
They thrive in the toughest circumstances because they know that impossible odds set the stage for amazing miracles.
— Mark Batterson
The hardest thing about praying hard is enduring unanswered prayers. If you don't guard your heart, unresolved anger toward God can undermine faith.
— Mark Batterson
Don't wait to worship God until you get to the Promised Land; you've got to worship along the way.
— Mark Batterson
One reason many of us never get an answer to our prayers is that all we do is pray.
— Mark Batterson
opportunities typically come disguised as impossible problems. And while most people run away from their problems, Shamgars run at them with their oxgoads.
— Mark Batterson
Most of us don't get what we want because we don't know what we want. Here's our secondary problem: Most of us don't get what we want because we quit circling.
— Mark Batterson