Quotes about Perseverance

When our Christ was taken, Peter failed to stand with him. He denied him, Abigail. It broke his heart. But it also perhaps made him into the man he is today. "But Peter also warns us, continually, that we are not able to stand in our own strength. We need God's presence with us. We must pray that God will keep us strong for whatever lies ahead and faithful to the end. And we must encourage one another. Daily.

Jesus told us that anyone can love a friend. Even the unbelievers do so, even the Romans. But we as believers are called to love our enemies." He paused and stared down at the floor. "I left that meeting a broken man.

I tried to drink a cup of tea, but my hands shook when I lifted the cup to my mouth. I was on the verge of tears, but I knew that tears would do no good. I fed the fire, I prayed, I walked the floor, I prayed, I read my Bible, I prayed; and somehow this even longer second day of storm passed by, hour by hour.

She had a hard time to keep from running.

Always I'm feeling, 'You're never going to work again.' That's going to happen one day, but I hope I'm not alive.

Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.

All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

I feel like the same person, but I feel as if I need to work twice as much now.

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun. Change your thoughts and you change your world.

On bravely through the sunshine and the showers! Time hath his work to do, and we have ours.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible. He is not proof against Resistance. He will drop the ball; he will crash. That's why they call it rewriting.