Inspirational Quotes on Perseverance

“The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking.”

“The hardest struggle of all is to be something different from what the average man is.”

“It takes guts to get out of the ruts.”

“Tough times never last, but tough people do.”

“Turn your scars into stars.”

“What appears to be the end of the road may simply be a bend in the road.”

“When you can't solve the problem, manage it.”

“Do everything in its own time; do everything in earnest; if it is worth doing, then do it with all your might. Above all, keep much in the presence of God. Never see the face of man until you have seen his face, who is our light, our all. ”

“The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or sails to a ship, to carry me forward to my harbor.”

“Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short.”

“I thought of a passage from the book of Jeremiah 29:11-13: "'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord." It irked me that too often women are made to feel guilty for seeking the next open door.”

“That will be the position I will be in as long as I'm on earth--that is, seeking the right path that God would have laid out for me.”

“We can catch the Spirit of Christ and zealously and enthusiastically go out each day determined to serve God and be what we ought to be! Stay on the firing line!”

“God has given us much in these last days, and where much is given much will be required.”

“Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded.”

“The greater the battle--the greater the spoils.”

“You went down so that you can come up, you cried so that you can rejoice, you mourned so that you can dance, you did without so that you can overcome, you want to tell every devil in hell. Somebody holler the fight is on.”

“You got a devil to fight. If you got to walk around with your eyes closed--go ahead and do it--cause you got a devil to fight. If you got to be lonely and stay by yourself--go ahead and do it--you got....”

“Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.”

“A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.”