Quotes About Perseverance

Many of our trials serve as invitations to cling to God.

He will never fail us, even in the face of trials and hindrances.

Stay strong. Know you are not the first woman to be duped by a man. You won't be the last. But from now on, you'll be a lot wiser in your choices.

The enemy knows God has a purpose and plan for your life. The enemy wants you to give up.

Dear Lord, In times of loss and confusion, it's hard to understand why you don't just change my circumstances. In fact, Lord, sometimes I feel like I'm lost in an endless maze. But yet I know you are bigger than my problems, and despite my confusion about what to do next, I know you are not lost—you will guide me to where I need to be. That's why I choose to stick with you. Give me strength, Lord, your strength. In Jesus's name, amen.

When you get the end of your rope, tie a knot & hold on!

It is better to wear out than to rust out." —President Millard Fillmore

The German chocolate cake was easy. So was the vanilla buttercream. But the strawberry shortcake gave me fits. Turns out, the final fix came when I baked a fresh strawberry in the middle of a vanilla sour-cream batter instead of strawberry batter with chunks of strawberries.

Haig said, "Victory will belong to the side which holds out the longest." What a pathetic admission!

Time either erodes us, or it silts us up. There is no cast iron shore.

I've had a very laughable career and what has seen me through is my sense of humor.

He just carried on being dead

from J. K. Rowling

She was an anchor but at least now she knew it had an end, a stopping place. It hit bottom. She could fall no deeper.

I was always trying to make up for my size, to compensate. So to get people to take you seriously, you have to come at things with a great deal of strength. You have to emphasize that the way you are is unusual. That you don't come along every day.

Working just a little harder than someone else who might be just as talented (or even a bit more) is what will win the day.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. —STEPHEN KING

I'm not the smartest guy, but I can outwork you. It's the one thing I can control.

Failure is how we learn—it's how we develop and acquire grit.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

What this tells us is that children who are outperformed may give up rather than fight to improve, and those who do win may not feel compelled to keep trying as hard if even the losers get praise and a trophy.

Hard work is good for the soul," she would say. "And it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself, because you don't have time.

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will. —VINCE LOMBARDI Steve

Stay alive so you can tell.