Isak Dinesen Quotes

I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.

God grants victory to perseverance.

I'm not leaving until you say yes.

When you want it the most, there's no easy way out.When you're ready to go, and your heart's left in doubt. Don't give up on your faith, love comes to those who believe it...And that's the way it is.

In God's name let us go on bravely.

My three P's would be pray, pray first. Second, prepare, and then persist.

My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted.

The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.

Very often what God first helps us towards is not the virtue itself but just this power of always trying again.

It is concern that precedes and inspires agendas, and survives when agendas fail, and it causes us to try again, always trying our best, never certain about our own judgment. It is knowing that God's purpose exceeds whatever we can put in an agenda.

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

I'm not going to get off the pony as long as they let me ride it.

Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.

People say, "Well, we're all just going to die and go to heaven anyway, or Jesus is going to come back" or something. I don't feel like God wants us just to lay down and die just because that's going to happen. I think we should keep trying.

The Bible says "faith without works is nothing" so destiny is great, fate is great, faith is great - but you still have to work at it. I don't just sit at home and wait for it all to unfold.

Let us resolve by God's grace, that however poor and feeble our prayers may seem to be, we will pray on.

Don't take 'no' for an answer. Keep knocking down walls until someone says 'yes.'

Now I got my foot - through the door - and I ain't goin' no where.

I will not waste my life! I will finish my course and finish it well. I will display the Gospel of the grace of God in all I do. I will run my race to the end.” - Paul

Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage, but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what kepes us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, & all of those voices that tell you what you can & cannot do & can & cannot be.

Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.

Stick to the script like paper clips and coffee stains, Never let a seed of doubt deter you from your lofty aims, The will is much stronger than the flesh, And it only gets stronger when you going through duress, Imagination is the factory that makes legends... Close Your Eyes and dream B.I.G. like Faith Evans.

Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance.