Quotes about Perseverance
She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
— Ruth 2:7
So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. And when she beat out what she had gleaned, it was about an ephah of barley.
— Ruth 2:17
“Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
— Ruth 3:18
and said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!”
— 1 Samuel 1:14
So Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. And the Philistines fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off.
— 1 Samuel 14:13
In that first assault, Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men over half an acre of land.
— 1 Samuel 14:14
For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
— 1 Samuel 17:16
So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind
— 1 Samuel 30:9
and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
— 2 Samuel 2:19
So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
— 2 Samuel 2:21
Then all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”
— 2 Samuel 3:35
Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”
— 2 Samuel 11:25