"We need to develop the ability to persevere even when the rewards are few and the accolades none." -- Paul Borthwick
Galatians 6:9 (NIV) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Elesha Hodge, comp., Today's Best Illustrations Volumes 1-4, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "PERSEVERANCE".