Quotes About Perseverance

Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.

Jesus did not leave Peter to drown just because he had done fine for a while and then made a mistake.

For example, if you need a job, you can go look for one. That is something that you can do, and if you do it, then God will help you get the right job. You cannot make a company hire you, but God can change the heart of the king (those in charge) even as He changes the course of the water flowing in rivers (Proverbs 21:1).

Patience is not the ability to wait but how you act while you're waiting.

Too often, we Christians expect life to be perfect and for everything to go smoothly for us. We expect success, happiness, joy, peace, and everything else. When we're thwarted, we pout or complain. Although God does want us to have a good life, there will be times when we must be patient and endure not getting our way. These disappointments test our character and level of spiritual maturity. They actually show whether or not we truly are ready for promotion.

All I can control—for whatever fight I put up should a cancer make a comeback—is the time between.

You've always had me.. and my heart. My soul. Everything. I wish it hasn't taken this long for me to man up. That family of mine..nearly killed me. And not just thanks to that Honor Guard of theirs.

Listen to me ... and I want you to remember this. Your legs are part of you, but not all of you or what you are. So wherever we go after tonight, I need you to know that you are no less for the injury. Even if you are in a chair, you still stand as tall as you ever did. Height is just a vertical number - it doesn't mean shit when it comes to your character or the kind of life you live.

That town sits on the coals of the earth, at the very mouth of hell. They say that when people from there go to hell, they come back for a blanket.

Eso duró toda la vida. No fue un año ni dos. Fue toda la vida.

No había aire. Tuve que sorber el mismo aire que salía de mi boca, deteniéndolo con las manos antes de que se fuera. Lo sentía ir y venir, cada vez menos; hasta que se hizo tan delgado que se filtró entre mis dedos para siempre

Uno ha creído a veces, en medio de este camino sin orillas, que nada habría después; que no se podría encontrar nada al otro lado, al final de esta llanura rajada de grietas y de arroyos secos. Pero sí, hay algo. Hay un pueblo. Se oye que ladran los perros y se siente en el aire el olor del humo, y se saborea ese olor de la gente como si fuera una esperanza.

entiendo lo lejos que está el Cielo de nosotros; pero conozco cómo acortar las veredas.

Hay esperanza, en suma. Hay esperanza para nosotros, contra nuestro pesar.

Tendré que oírlo, hasta que se le muera su voz.

Aquello está sobre las brasas de la tierra, en la mera boca del infierno. Con decirte que allí mueren, al llegar al infierno regresan por su cobija.

If you think something is impossible, it is. Until you decide it's possible and you do it.

Even though I'm a Jedi, I am not invincible.

There is no try. Only do. Yoda said that, and he was awesome.").

Living with purpose was hard.

because he didn't know how to twirl by his ankles, and he didn't want to learn.

No matter how things look, you must keep going. How do you do that? By following your heart.

Sometimes sacrifice was necessary in pursuit of a worthy goal.

Alistair opened his eyes. My dear, I haven't exerted myself in years. Then it's way past time to start, old man. - Reagan