Quotes about Determination
opportunities typically come disguised as impossible problems. And while most people run away from their problems, Shamgars run at them with their oxgoads.
- Mark Batterson
Most of us don't get what we want because we don't know what we want. Here's our secondary problem: Most of us don't get what we want because we quit circling.
- Mark Batterson
Ultimately, your destiny is determined by your decisions. It's your actions, and reactions, that define you. So don't play the victim. Be the victor.
- Mark Batterson
If your prayers aren't impossible to you, they are insulting to God.
- Mark Batterson
If you're looking for an excuse, you'll always find one. If you're looking for an opportunity, you'll always find one.
- Mark Batterson
You don't become a praying parent by default. You do it by design, by desire, by discipline. Spiritual disciplines take sheer determination, but if you determine to circle your children in prayer, you will shape their destinies, just like Susanna Wesley shaped the destinies of her children. Your prayers will live on in their lives long after you die. Your prayers for your children are the greatest legacy you can leave.
- Mark Batterson
You don't need wealth or position or power to make a difference. You just need to do the best you can with what you have where you are. And if you are faithful in Babylon, God will bless you in Jerusalem.
- Mark Batterson
There are no shortcuts. There are no substitutes. Success is a derivative of persistence.
- Mark Batterson
Almost anyone can accomplish almost anything if they work at it long enough, hard enough, and smart enough.
- Mark Batterson
it's the prayers you pray when you feel like you want to quit praying that can bring the biggest breakthroughs.
- Mark Batterson
One of the most exhilarating things in the world is doing something that no one thinks you can do.
- Mark Batterson
Success is a derivative of persistence.
- Mark Batterson