“He will unfailingly be pleased with our patience and take note of our diligence and perseverance.”

“It is not our difficulties or our suffering alone that makes us wise. It is what we add to them--patience, perseverance, compassion, courage, love. From this combination, our priceless pearls of wisdom grow.”

“Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in his time, which is always the more convenient season. God will work when he pleases, how he pleases, and by what means he pleases. He is not bound to keep our time, but he will perform his work, honor our faith, and reward them that diligently seek him.”

“Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.”

“Our future tomorrow...depends on our diligent work today.”

“Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.”