Quotes about Perseverance

Love is infinitely more endurable than hate.

Love makes the whole difference between an execution and a martyrdom.

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.

Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.

Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.

The weaker I am, the harder I must lean on God's grace; the harder I lean on him, the stronger I discover him to be, and the bolder my testimony to his grace.

My wheelchair was the key to seeing all this happen—especially since God's power always shows up best in weakness. So here I sit … glad that I have not been healed on the outside, but glad that I have been healed on the inside. Healed from my own self-centered wants and wishes.

I'd learned that you can't wear a crown unless you bear a cross - that if our Savior had learned obedience through suffering, we should expect the same.

Probably, I thought, my suffering and training is a lifelong process. It will end only when I go to be with Christ.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

While we keep aloof in general statements, there is little fruit to be expected; it is the hand-fight that does execution.

I will not be discouraged by failure I will not be elated by success.