failure

The church stands by God’s election, and cannot waver or fail any more than his eternal providence can ~ Calvin

We must believe that God is always true to His word, and that His promises never fail.

—Martyn Lloyd-Jones

All the devils in hell cannot break God’s Word. They have been at it six thousand years and failed.

—D. L. Moody

Our strength will fail us. The strength of our friends will fail us. If we trust in our money it will take wings and fly away. If we trust in the love of our friends, they will leave us. A mother may forget her child, but God will never forget us.

—D. L. Moody

You cannot stand still; you must either rise or fall; rise higher or fail lower. Therefore the voice of God to the children of Israel, to the children of God, is, Go forward!

—John Wesley

“You cannot fail to be wise if you commune with Incarnate Wisdom.”

Charles Spurgeon

I’m ashamed to recall how often I failed to live according to my conscience and instead submitted to foolish customs and rules that everyone else accepts.

—Leo Tolstoy

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

—Thomas Edison

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

—Franklin D. Roosevelt

Let us tell him that we will be for him, and not for another: let him know it from us; he delights to hear it, yea, he says, ‘Sweet is our voice, and our countenance is comely;’- and we shall not fail in the issue of sweet refreshment with him.

—John Owen

Let us tell him that we will be for him, and not for another: let him know it from us; he delights to hear it, yea, he says, ‘Sweet is our voice, and our countenance is comely;’- and we shall not fail in the issue of sweet refreshment with him.

—John Owen