Quotes about Endurance

Conversion is not putting a man in an arm-chair and taking him easily to heaven. It is the beginning of a mighty conflict, in which it costs much to win the victory.

Success consists of going from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.

We need people who will go, and stay until the end.

The disadvantage of short term is a wrong perspective based on this generation's need for instant results.

By the power of faith every enduring work is accomplished.

As long as you are black, and you're gonna be black till the day you die, no one's gonna call you by your goddamn name. So no matter what you are called, nigger, you just let it roll off your back like water, and you'll make it. Just pretend you're a goddamn piece of furniture. [Said to his chauffeur, Robert Parker, when Parker said he'd prefer to be referred to by his name rather than "boy," "nigger" or "chief."]

As long as we have breath we can hope, can't we?

You're feeling the flames, Ezra, but that's part of the process. This pot I just made won't be useful for anything until it goes through that fire." He pointed to the kiln, where waves of heat shimmered above it. "The pots baking in there right now would be useless if they didn't endure the heat.

His questions will make his faith stronger in the end.

If you desire to please God with the decision you make and afterward it proves to be a mistake, it's an error not an end.

On the other side of every hardship is a resurrection.

God won't give you more than you can handle." But that's not actually in the Bible. God does say He won't allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear and that He always provides a way out (1 Corinthians 10:13). But that's not the same as God not giving us more than we can handle. He sometimes will allow more and more and more.