Quotes about Perseverance

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

A waiting person is a patient person. The word patience means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us.

When suddenly you seem to lose all you thought you had gained, do not despair. You must expect setbacks and regressions. Don't say to yourself "All is lost. I have to start all over again." This is not true. What you have gained you have gained....When you return to the the road, you return to the place where you left it, not to where you started.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while working.

When you're out of willpower, you can call on stubbornness.

And now, I, Moroni, would speak somewhat concerning these things; I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith. (Ether 12:4—6.)

We can with confidence set a goal to make this Christmas brighter than the last and each year that follows brighter still. The trials of mortality may increase in intensity, yet for us, darkness need not increase if we focus our eyes more singly on the light that streams down on us as we follow the Master. He will lead us and help us along the path that leads upward to the home for which we yearn.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.