Quotes about Persistence

Once again, God has a purpose. A desire. A goal. And God never stops pursuing it. Jesus tells a series of parables in Luke 15 about a woman who loses a coin, a shepherd who loses a sheep, and a father who loses a son. The stories aren't ultimately about things and people being lost; the stories are about things and people being found. The God that Jesus teaches us about doesn't give up until everything that was lost is found. This God simply doesn't give up. Ever.

Find me one person who's doing something interesting in the world who hasn't felt the hot sting of a NO. Or a door slammed in the face. Or boos. Or a rejection letter. Or a tepid reception. Or bankruptcy. Or gotten fired.

He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.

But no, I was out for stars; I would not come in. I meant not even if asked; And I hadn't been.

The only way out is through.

The best way out is always through

Napoleon Hill had a beautiful spin on the moments when things don't work out the way you planned and unexpected hardship falls on you. Instead of coming from a negative place and looking at those moments as a "failure," he called them "temporary defeats.

There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do, that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do, that I have not been able to accomplish.

Radical Christianity is not going on a missions trip or a big conference. Radical Christianity is staying steady for decades.

On tough days, you gotta have heart. Don't quit, whatever you do. Persevere.

Prayer alone will overcome the gigantic difficulties which confront the workers in every field.