Quotes About Perseverance

his head for him. "I'll give you the one because we

Once, in the early ages, Satan's attack had been made on the bodily side, with whips and fire and beasts; in the sixteenth century it had been on the intellectual side; in the twentieth century on the springs of moral and spiritual life. Now it seemed as if the assault was on all three planes at once.

Youth is a disease that must be borne with patiently! Time, indeed, will cure it.

we add a fourth intention, namely, that of a desire to receive the crown of martyrdom and a purpose of embracing it.

No, father, we are losing; and we shall go on losing, and I think we must even be ready for a catastrophe at any moment.

six millions of souls who lived here for love of religion. It was these who had despaired of modern life, tired out with change and effort, who had fled from the new system for refuge to the Church,

transports (and lost only three of the

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.

Keep an eye to the future, and ear to the past, and after thinking it over notice nothing much lasts.

Got to get down to the Cumberland mine That's where I mainly spend my time

Eles amaldiçoam e proíbem as minhas palavras todos os dias e todos os seus pensamentos são para me fazer mal... vigiam cada passo que dou, como podem conduzir a minha alma para uma armadilha... obstruem o meu caminho, para que não consiga escapar.

It's sound social psychology because, as I wrote in The No Asshole Rule, "The more time and effort that people put into anything—no matter how useless, dysfunctional, or downright stupid it might be—the harder it is for them to walk away, be it a bad investment, a destructive relationship, an exploitive job, or a workplace filled with browbeaters, bullies, and bastards.

to find a few ideas that work, you need to try a lot that don't.

William Coyne, former head of research and development at 3M, tells how a human resource manager once threatened to fire a scientist who was asleep under his bench. Coyne took the HR manager to 3M's "Wall of Patents" to show him that the sleeping scientist had developed some of 3M's most profitable products. Coyne advised, "Next time you see him asleep, get him a pillow."3 Unfortunately, not all executives are so wise.

Faithfulness isn't defined by a solitary act or achieved in a single day; it's a long obedience in the same direction, to borrow Eugene Peterson's phrase.8

For who has despised the day of small things? – Zechariah 4:10

Does the place you're called to labor Seem too small and little known? It is great if God is in it, And He'll not forget His own. Are you laid aside from service, Body worn from toil and care? You can still be in the battle, In the sacred place of prayer. When the conflict here is ended And our race on earth is run, He will say, if we are faithful, "Welcome home, My child – well done!

I am resolved to obey Your statutes to the very end. – Psalm 119:112 HCSB

The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. – 1 John 2:17 NIV

Robert J. Morgan

We don't understand faith until something goes wrong. Faith is a matter of relying on the Lord when our story encounters a problem.

The Lord Jesus Christ is Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last. He knows the end from the beginning, and sometimes so-called delays occur in life because God is aligning circumstances for our benefit. We have to wait on Him and trust Him, knowing His timing is as perfect as He is.

Jesus answered and said to him, "What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this." – John 13:7

Whosoever believeth in him should not perish