Quotes About Perseverance

In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up.

You are doing better than you think you are. But we can be better.

As a rule, prayer is answered and funds come in, but if we are kept waiting, the spiritual blessing that is the outcome is far more precious than exemption from the trial.

Developing the muscles of the soul demands no competitive spirit, no killer instinct, although it may erect pain barriers that the spiritual athlete must crash through.

Whenever faced with a challenge, I dig deep within myself and summon my spiritual and physical forces. This gives me the focus, determination, perseverance, and support I need to succeed.

God does not further our spiritual life in spite of our circumstances, but in and by our circumstances.

Only as a warrior can one survive the path of knowledge.

Surmounting difficulty is the crucible that forms character.

Those who succeed and do not push on to greater failure are the spiritual middle-classers.

I learned from Hussain how to be wronged and be a winner, I learnt from Hussain how to attain victory while being oppressed.

Endurance is a key indicator of spiritual fitness.

No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.

As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems.

Let your courage mount with difficulties. There would be no will if there were no resistance.

It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh.

What keeps us playing our parts and going round and round the three lower worlds is not a Divine dictate, but ourselves, our own will-to-live, which comes from within ourselves.

Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.

Once all struggles are grasped, miracles are possible.

To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done.

You have to learn to be patient and not give up. Look to your parents; they need to be there for you. But having spiritual faith will get you through anything.

Real success is gaining the ability to face situations in life with maturity.

If we want spiritual development, the practice of patience is essential.

The commitment of giving your best at all times, in all circumstances and under all conditions, can enable you to find value in, and lend value to, every experience.

Spiritual light rarely comes to those who merely sit in the darkness waiting for someone to flick the switch.