Quotes about Perseverance

When days of darkness come upon us, let us not consider it a perplexing thing. Rather, let us remember that lessons are learned on such days that would never have been learned in sunshine. Let us say to ourselves, "This also is for my profit, that I may be a partaker of God's holiness. It is sent in love. I am in God's best school. Correction is instruction. This is meant to make me grow.

He believed that Jesus, who met him on the way to Damascus, could give him a hundredfold more than he gave up, and in the world to come everlasting life. By faith he "counted the cost," and saw clearly on which side the balance lay. He believed firmly that to carry the cross of Christ was gain.

It gets harder all the time, Bev Shaw once said. Harder, yet easier. One gets used to things getting harder; one ceases to be surprised that what used to be hard as hard can be grows harder yet.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

We have sworn, and not lightly. This oath we will keep. We are threatened with many evils, and treason not least; but one thing is not said: that we shall suffer from cowardice, from cravens or the fear of cravens. Therefore I say that we will go on, and this doom I add: the deeds that we shall do shall be the matter of song until the last days of Arda.

When you do something you love with passion and perseverance, you are already a success. Even if you never hit the big time, who cares?

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed.

Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible.

When you hit a wall, try to dig a tunnel beneath or fly above!

It's okay, you can do it, I know you can. Don't worry, just carry on, you can do it!

I choose to believe things are possible, even when I don't know how they will happen.