Quotes About Persistence

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later [1978]

What we don't keep in focus before us eventually fades.

The only magic in our lives as runners is the magic of consistency. Not every run will make you feel great.

Trying harder doesn't always equal more success; it leads to more frustration, less satisfaction, and giving up.

You already have everything you need to be a longdistance athlete. You see, once you decide to run or walk farther than the 10-K (6.2 miles), your quest centers much more on tenacity than talent.

the ground for I know not how long. Of course

We all fall in the shit many times during our lives. The trick is pulling ourselves out again.

I'd rather bore a hole to the center of the earth with my tongue.

Change is the law. Stability and consistency are illusions, temporary in any case, a heroic achievement of human will and persistence at best. When we want things to stay the same, we'll always wind up playing catch-up.

But the habit patterns, inevitably, had survived. To the air, with a wry grin, he murmured, "How long, O Lord? How long?" In his private estimation: not long now.

We must all be fighters and strugglers, Lewie, and it is better to wear out than to rust out. It is bad to let choice things become easily familiar; for, you know, familiarity is apt to beget a proverbial offspring. The

Some also have wished that the next way to their Father's house were here, that they might be troubled no more with either hills or mountains to go over, but the Way is the Way, and there is an end.

The man that seeks the everlasting prize; It shows you whence he comes, wither he goes. What he leaves undone; also what he does. It also shows you how he runs and runs. Till he unto the gate of glory comes.

The hill, though high, I desire to ascend, The difficulty will not me offend; For Iperceive

The hill, though high, I covet to ascend; The difficulty will not me offend, For I perceive the way to life lies here. Come, pluck up, heart, let's neither faint nor fear. Better, though difficult, the right way to go, Than wrong, though easy, where the end is woe.

Esforzaos a entrar por la puerta angosta'

Sí, señora, aunque bien contra mi voluntad: especialmente mis propios pensamientos carnales, que tanto nos complacían a mí y a mis paisanos; pero ahora todas estas cosas me pesan tanto que, si la elección fuera solo mía, nunca más pensaría en ellas. Pero cuando quiero hacer el bien, entonces veo que el mal está en mí3.

Some who set out for this crown, even after they have gone quite a long ways, allow others who come along to snatch their victory from them. So hold fast to what you have, and let no man take away your crown.' You are not yet out of reach of the gunshot of the Devil.

Bien contento estoy, no de que se hayan encontrado con pruebas, sino de que hayan salido vencedores; y porque (a pesar de muchas debilidades) han continuado en el camino hasta hoy".

Seeming delays in God are no tokens of his displeasure; he may hide his face from his dearest saints. He loves to keep his people praying, and to find them ever knocking at the gate of heaven.

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failings. I also know that a man, by

Then I should think of Esther, who went to petition the king contrary to the law.  Esther iv. 16.  I thought also of Benhadad's servants, who went with ropes upon their heads to their enemies for mercy.  1 Kings xx. 31, etc.  The woman of Canaan also, that would not be daunted, though called dog by Christ, Matt. xv., 22, etc., and the man that went to borrow bread at midnight, Luke xi. 5-8, etc., were great encouragements unto me.

The grace He supplies ignites the soul of His people like a roaring fire that, despite the devil's best efforts, will never be extinguished. This is a difficult concept for man to understand—that even when we are tempted, Christ is doing all the work by supplying the grace we need to stand firm.