Quotes about Steadfastness

As for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing those from whom you learned. 2 Timothy 3:14

What will keep us from stopping? Plain old stubbornness.

Like hearts of oak.

Patience . . . speaks of a person's steadfastness under provocation . . .enduring ill-treatment without anger or thought of retaliation or revenge.

The Christian's journey through life isn't a sprint but a marathon.

Patience includes perseverance—the ability to bear up under weariness, strain, and persecution when doing the work of the Lord.

Our job in life is not to be successful, but to be faithful.

I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.

To avoid being drawn into error, keep a firm grip on the truth.

We can follow a steady upward course in a world of change without fear, welcoming opportunities

As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full. Moreover, I have tried it fairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution. Probably I should not consciously and deliberately forsake my particular calling to do the good which society demands of me, to save the universe from annihilation; and I believe that a like but infinitely greater steadfastness elsewhere is all that now preserves it.