Quotes About Determination

So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ëWith these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.í”

Amaziah, however, summoned his strength and led his troops to the Valley of Salt, where he struck down 10,000 men of Seir,

Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the Kingís Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”

So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.

Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.

For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.

rushing headlong at Him with a thick, studded shield.

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”

For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.

I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

A workerís appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;

She girds herself with strength and shows that her arms are strong.

Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.

Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ëIf you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,

Behold, I will make your face as hard as their faces, and your forehead as hard as their foreheads.