Quotes About Perseverance

Prayer succeeds when all else fails

Let me burn out for God. After all, whatever God may appoint, prayer is the great thing. Oh, that I might be a man of prayer!

If you bury your face in your tear-stained pillow and beg God to please send you your soul mate, may you not slur your words in such a way that they sound like "cell mate."

Bear up the hands that hang down, by faith and prayer; support the tottering knees. Have you any days of fasting and prayer? Storm the throne of grace and persevere therein, and mercy will come down.

Oh, how strenuous is life! I know a little of it. Men "ought always to pray, and not to faint." How fierce the battle! I know something of the conflict, but I ought not to faint, because I can pray.

Satan can't keep God from answering our prayers, but he will keep us from asking.

Mighty prayer has often been produced by mighty trial.

It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself.

Brotherhood doesn't come in a package. It is not a commodity to be taken down from the shelf with one hand - it is an accomplishment of soul-searching, prayer and perseverance.

I went from a D all the way to an A plus, I tell you prayer changes things.

Jesus taught that perseverance is the essential element in prayer.

God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.

All God's giants have been weak men and women who have gotten hold of God's faithfulness.

Not for myself I make this prayer, But for this race of mine That stretches forth from shadowed places Dark hands for bread and wine.

I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of conversion, I prayed on.

If you are sick, fast and pray; if the language is hard to learn, fast and pray; if the people will not hear you, fast and pray, if you have nothing to eat, fast and pray.

Prayer is especially crucial when you come to a place in your study where you are stuck and confused.

What is the cause of most backslidings? I believe, as a general rule, one of the chief causes is neglect of private prayer.

Prayer that runs its course till the last day of life needs a strong and tranquil soul.

Faith has played a major role in my life. Whenever I feel an obstacle is too great, I can always go to God in prayer and He'll help me through it.

O thou child of many prayers! Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares! Care and age come unawares!

A lack of endurance is one of the greatest causes of defeat, especially in prayer.

The bigger your problems, the bigger your prayer should be.

I am very defective in all duties... In prayer I wander and am formal... I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with God.