Quotes about Perseverance
O crooked paths! Woe to the audacious soul, which hoped, by forsaking Thee, to gain some better thing! Turned it hath, and turned again, upon back, sides, and belly, yet all was painful; and Thou alone rest.
— St. Augustine
I panted after honors, gains, marriage; and thou deridedst me. In these desires I underwent most bitter crosses, Thou being the more gracious, the less Thou sufferedst aught to grow sweet to me, which was not Thou.
— St. Augustine
On the words of Ps. 21:3: "O My God, I shall cry day by day, and Thou wilt not hear".
— St. Augustine
Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
— St. Augustine
All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
And St. Francis said: 'My dear son, be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patiently.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
First do the necessary, then do the feasible, then you will be able to achieve the impossible.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Calisto, a companion of Ignatius, and who on recovering from a severe illness had heard of the imprisonment of Ignatius, hastened from Segnovia, where he was staying, and came to Alcala, that he, too, might be cast into prison.
— Ignatius of Loyola
What Saint has ever won his crown without first contending for it?
— St. Jerome
Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour. Watch carefully, for everything passes quickly, even though your impatience turns a very short time into a long one.
— Teresa of Avila
Truth suffers, but never dies.
— Teresa of Avila
My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.
— St. Therese of Lisieux