Quotes about Determination
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
— Luke 5:5
As the day of His ascension approached, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.
— Luke 9:51
Then Jesus declared, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and then looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
— Luke 9:62
I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
— Luke 11:8
saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
— Luke 14:30
yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
— Luke 18:5
He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.
— Luke 19:3
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
— John 9:22
Simon Peter told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they said. So they went out and got into the boat, but caught nothing that night.
— John 21:3
But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
— Acts 12:16
On the third day, they threw the ship’s tackle overboard with their own hands.
— Acts 27:19
For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
— Romans 9:28