Quotes About Perseverance

final. Y la mayor gracia que Dios puede concederle es enviarle una prueba que no sea capaz de soportar con sus propias fuerzas… y sostenerlo con su gracia para que pueda perseverar hasta el final y salvarse.

En los campos fui capaz de servir humildemente a los hombres que Dios ponía en mi camino cada día. Si las obras del espíritu en nosotros las acabamos conociendo lentamente, ¿cómo no vamos a empezar a detectar aún más lentamente las obras de ese espíritu en los demás? Mientras realizaba mi labor diaria, daba gracias a Dios una y otra vez por la terrible etapa de purificación que atravesé en Lubianka para poder servir a aquellos hombres.

There would be a tomorrow, and we would have to live in it—and God would be there as well.

Creí comprender lo que sintió san Pedro cuando sobrevivió a sus negaciones y recuperó su amistad con Cristo. Porque es verdad que, cuando el hombre empieza a confiar en sus propias capacidades, acaba de dar el primer paso en el camino hacia el fracaso final. Y la mayor gracia que Dios puede concederle es enviarle una prueba que no sea capaz de soportar con sus propias fuerzas… y sostenerlo con su gracia para que pueda perseverar hasta el final y salvarse.

No matter how badly the humble man fails, he will reckon his accounts with God and start over again, for his humility tells him of his total dependence on God.

It means the routine, not the spectacular. It can mean drudgery, pain, putting aside pleasures, happiness, or the love the human heart craves until another time, so that what is necessary at the moment can be done. It means working for others, touching the lives of others, through the medium of the body.

I learned there the lesson which would keep me going in the years to come: religion, prayer, and love of God do not change reality, but they give it a new meaning.

If we sincerely try, there is going to be some influence had. It matters not whether we see the good being done or not; that does not pertain to us. That is God's affair. The persevering in doing good is what ultimately counts before God and men.

Many persons wonder why they don't amount to more than they do, have good stuff in them, energetic, persevering, and have ample opportunities. It is all a case of trimming the useless branches and throwing the whole force of power into the development of something that counts.

I still believe in love. I always will. It's my blessing and my burden.

Those who were cowards never started, and those who were weak were lost on the way, but the brave find a home in every land.

It is surprising what a man can do when he has to, and how little most men will do when they don't have to.

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on.

Industry is a far better horse to ride a genius.

The final test of a leader is that he or she leaves behind in others the conviction and the will to carry on.

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A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.

Im as good as dead, but they haven't buried me yet.

Wenn es sein muss, trete ich auch Zwerge!

but I was urged on by a courage born of despair.

Auch er stieg funkelnd empor im größten und schrecklichsten Feuer, das Buchheim je heimgesucht hatte. Er, der Brandstifter und Zündfunke, flog hinauf, um dort oben ein Stern zu werden und für alle Zeit hinabzustrahlen auf eine Welt, die zu eng war für einen so großen Geist wie ihn.

If what I reading has the power to grip me, I can read under the most difficult circumstances.

If he survived Roaming Rock, he kept telling himself, death would have lost its sting.

However great the challenge, it's easier to overcome with a decent meal inside of you.