Quotes about Perseverance

I once heard a pastor say, "The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown." I

Lord, thank you for using the foolish to confound the wise and the weak one: to shame the strong. Help us live with the shrewdness of serpents and the innocence of doves. Keep our feet from fatigue, our spirits from despair, and our hands from failing to rise in praise to you. Amen.

Rosa Parks commented, "People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

Grow us slowly, persistently, and deeply, Lord, to be people who watch without distraction, listen without interruption, and stay put without inclination to flee. Amen.

Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more.

While walking through a dark season, if we attempt to navigate our lives by what we feel, we will run aground onto the rocks. We must navigate by what we know is true no matter what we feel.

I've done everything I wanted to do, even if I have had to pay a very high price - which has been the case most of the time.

God has, quite literally, all the time in the world for each one of us.

Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible.

Love never gives in or up, holding tight to lofty ideals that transcend this earth and time, while its counterfeit simply concludes it was mistaken and quickly runs off to find the next real thing.

When you first start out, you are just happy to get a job, any job. And as time goes on, either you move forward or screech to a halt.

Time and again, the Faith has to all appearances gone to the dogs. But each time, it was the dog that died.