Quotes About Persistence

In spite of the fact that she pushed me away again and again, and again and again I crawled to her.

I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy.

Altogether it will be found that a quiet life is characteristic of great men, and that their pleasures have not been of he sort that would look exciting to the utward eye. No great achievement is ossible without persistent work, so absorbing and so difficult that little energy is left over for the more strenuous kinds of amusement

No great achievement is possible without persistent work.

Work hard, trust in God, and keep your bowels open — Oliver Cromwell Well

You could not stop the winds and you could not stop Time. It went on and on,-and on.

This becomes the pattern of being alive: cut apart, heal together, cut apart, heal together. Everything breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces, but I'm still able to call them all in, know their names, keep track of them.

True prayer, not just mindless, halfhearted petitions, is what digs the well God wants to fill with faith.

so that you won't become lazy, but imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance. Hebrews 6:12

I've spent much of my ministry apologizing to people for what appears to be a rather odd show of taste on the part of the One who called me. I have no idea why in this world God has risked His name on someone like me. I will never comprehend such grace and stubbornness of will to teach a woman with a penchant for ditches how to walk a higher path.

He will not forget your work and the love you showed for His name when you served the saints—and you continue to serve them. Hebrews 6:10

It is necessary to pass through many troubles on our way into the kingdom of God. Acts 14:22

Prayerlessness is the most prohibitive obstacle in the road to a believers victory, no matter what our specific pursuit may be.

If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move. Matthew 17:20

Watch yourselves so that you don't lose what we have worked for, but you may receive a full reward. 2 John 8

Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened. Matthew 7:7

The harvest may not become obvious in our lifetime, but it will surely come. So thank Him in advance every time you sow. Tirelessly plant the things of the Spirit in the soil of earth. Let nothing make you quit. Though the harvest tarry, it will surely come.

But on the seventh day, march around the city seven times… .Then the city wall will collapse, and the people will advance. Joshua 6:4–5

We must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don't give up. Galatians 6:9

Whether we like it or not, a fair amount of going is involved in following.

If yesterday's wimp is going to become tomorrow's warrior, something has to happen today.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being encircled for seven days. Hebrews 11:30

The Lord will do great things for me, and I will be filled with joy. I will sow in tears, then I will reap with songs of joy. If I go out weeping, Lord, carrying seed to sow, I will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with me (Ps. 126:3, 5-6).

Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. . . . Remain spiritually tenacious Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest