Quotes About Perseverance

The spiritual path is one of falling on your face, getting up, brushing yourself off, turning and looking sheepishly at God and then taking the next step.

You have not failed until you quit trying.

Don't give up when the pressure mounts. Face your doubts. Master you fears.

There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.

I think that in order to struggle you have to be creative. In my life, creativity has been something that has sustained me; it awoke my spiritual struggle.

Amidst sorrows, the only thing that enlivens us is optimistic faith. Never lose that faith.

Fight the good fight of faith, and God will give you spiritual mercies.

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual growth

Our task is to become our best selves. One of God's greatest gifts to us is the joy of trying again, for no failure ever need be final.

Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber.

Come what may and love it.

Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen.

There's always a way - if you're committed.

Keep going and the Lord will help you.

The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon.

When you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide.

Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.

Faith gives me the ability to rise above anything, because what is true in the spiritual realm is forever true. It cannot be denied.

Life is not a fairground, but a school. -- Franz Bardon

There is no failure in the spiritual life, as long as we do not give up the fight.

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

We truly need Him every hour, whether they be hours of sunshine or of rain.