Quotes about Perseverance

Sound advice comes from veterans of pain.

You may have had big-time plans in your life-major league dreams that haven't panned out. You were going to write a best-selling book, but the opportunities just haven't come along. Are you willing to write for your church newsletter?

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever. Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were thus occupied were not benefited. (Heb. 13:7—9)

Grace strengthens us. It strengthens our hearts, awakens in us the courage to stand firm.

Life is difficult. That blunt, three-word statement is an accurate ap praisal of our existence on this planet.

What's God saying to you now? All things are possible to him who worries? No. All things are possible to him who attempts to work it out? No. All things are possible to him who believes. --Man to Man: Chuck Swindoll Selects His Most Significant Writings for Men

Faith is doing what God tells us to do, even when His instructions appear dangerous or might cause us to experience loss or suffering.

Every achievement worth remembering is stained with the blood of diligence and scarred by the wounds of disappointment

People who soar are those who refuse to sit back and wish things would change.

Wrap your heart around that the next time you go through a struggle," Clara said. "The goal of prayer is not to change God's mind

The struggle of our lives was not a sign that there was still life. If you stopped struggling, that's when you needed to be worried. The fight meant that God was helping you keep going one more day even if you didn't thik you coould make it.

This is the malady of the humans, that they can hold on to that which is fleeting and of little consequence and call it everlasting. They focus on awards, achievements, and what can be done in their own strength while the Almighty desires to work trough their weakness.