Perseverance

“Let's not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don't give up.”

“He who bears within himself the firm volition for what is good, and strives to give purity to his thoughts, has already found the way to the Highest!”

“Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal.”

“By rousing himself, by earnestness, by restraint and control, the wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.”

“Let's run with perseverance the race that is set before us.”

“The journey of a thousand li commenced with a single step.”

“Therefore you yourself must take the first step in everything.”

“A man's heart plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.”

“Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed.”

“Rouse thyself! do not be idle! Follow the law of virtue! The virtuous rests in bliss in this world and in the next.”

“Without trouble nothing can be attained.”

“Neither protection nor intervention can help in this, because the decision lies with you.”

“He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.”

“Also delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”

“The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.”

“Where something is built on these living Laws of Creation, there they help, bring success and also continuity.”

“You yourself must make an effort.”

“He who goes on acting with energy has a (firm) will.”

“Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.”

“Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things.”

“The more you can achieve in Creation from out of Creation the more clearly do you prove how great are the Laws of God therein, and what wealth and blessing they hold for you.”

“The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.”

“Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.”

“In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.”

“Only one great driving power can help you upwards, your strong volition towards that which is good and sublime.”

“Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, so that you may win.”

“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”

“No child learns to walk without frequently tumbling, but it almost invariably gets up with a smile until it is able to walk in safety.”

“As many kinds of wreaths can be made from a heap of flowers, so many good things may be achieved by a mortal when once he is born.”

“If they were careful at the end, as (they should be) at the beginning, they would not so ruin them.”

“Practise no sloth; so that the duty and good work, which it is necessary for thee to do, may not remain undone.”

“Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.”

“But you be strong! Don't let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”

“He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.”

“With an earnest volition every path will finally lead to the goal!”

“For a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.”

“If anything is to be done, let a man do it, let him attack it vigorously! A careless pilgrim only scatters the dust of his passions more widely.”

“He who observes the wind won't sow; and he who regards the clouds won't reap.”

“Nothing is achieved by mere “desiring”, it brings no advance. There must be a volition which impels and carries it into action.”

“In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don't withhold your hand; for you don't know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.”

“But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God's Kingdom."”

“Scholars of the highest class, when they hear about the Tao, earnestly carry it into practice.”

“He who does not rouse himself when it is time to rise, who, though young and strong, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle man will never find the way to knowledge.”

“Whatever you do, man, do it with your whole heart! Work during your working hours, and rest during the necessary time of rest!”

“Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.”

“Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.”

“For which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.”

“The Creator has placed everything in Creation into your hands. Make use of the time!”

“Make thyself an island, work hard, be wise! When thy impurities are blown away, and thou art free from guilt, thou wilt enter into the heavenly world of the elect (Ariya).”

“In the progress of business energy is good, for every one to become confident therein steadfastness is good, and for the coming of benefit thereto thankfulness is good.”

“But you, brothers, don't be weary in doing what is right.”

“Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don't turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.”

“Movement alone assures progress and preservation for everything that is to be found in Creation.”

“He who lightly promises is sure to keep but little faith; he who is continually thinking things easy is sure to find them difficult.”

“Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.”

“Like a well-trained horse when touched by the whip, be ye active and lively, and by faith, by virtue, by energy, by meditation, by discernment of the law you will overcome this great pain (of reproof), perfect in knowledge and in behaviour, and never forgetful.”

“For the Lord GOD will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won't be disappointed.”

“Old age forms no obstacle, but is a spur! For in old age the hour of passing over comes visibly closer!”

“But he who endures to the end will be saved.”