Quotes about Perseverance
People on sinking ships do not complain of distractions during their prayer.
— Philip Yancey
It was not pastoral teaching, or small group fellowship, or worship services, or books of theology — rather, they mentioned suffering. "People said they grew more during seasons of loss, pain, and crisis than they did at any other time." We discover the hidden value of suffering only by suffering — not as part of God's original or ultimate plan for us, but as a redemptive transformation that takes place in the midst of trial.
— Philip Yancey
If I know the way home and am walking along it drunkenly, is it any less the right way because I am staggering from side to side!
— Philip Yancey
But the Lord say he won't put more on us than we can stand. If we can't take it, he'll be right there beside us giving stren'th we didn't know we had.
— Philip Yancey
we persevere because we believe rewards will come.
— Philip Yancey
The question {WHY}, though, never goes away-- not for me, not for anybody. We keep groping toward light while living in darkness.
— Philip Yancey
We cannot simply pray and then wait for God to do the rest.
— Philip Yancey
The redemptive way goes through pain, not around it.
— Philip Yancey
27The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered. 28Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel,[149] because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome." 29Jacob said, "Please tell me your name." But he replied, "Why do you ask my name?" Then he blessed him there.
— Philip Yancey
No, the prayer is essential. I live on the prayers. They alone can strengthen me to fight despair and fatigue.
— Philip Yancey
A God wise enough to rule the universe is wise enough to watch over his child Job, regardless of how things seem in the bleakest moments.
— Philip Yancey
We exercise faith by responding to the task that lies before us.
— Philip Yancey