Psalm 27:14

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, wise people falter not amidst blame and praise.

The Master said, "Heaven produced the virtue that is in me. Hwan T'ui—what can he do to me?"

And if any accidents whatever befall him who has gained that (foundation), he will not be overpowered by them as a mountain by the storm.

Give me the cup! a voice rings in mine ears / Crying: “Bear patiently the bitter years! / For all thine ills, I send thee heavenly grace. …

O ye who believe! Persevere in patience and constancy; vie in such perseverance; strengthen each other; and fear Allah; that ye may prosper.

Let patience be your purpose in life; implant this within your being. In this way, you will grow into a great river; you will not break off into a tiny stream.

Your business is with action alone; not by any means with fruit. Let not the fruit of action be your motive (to action). Let not your attachment be (fixed) on inaction.

There is the great Mass (of nature);--I find the support of my body on it; my life is spent in toil on it; my old age seeks ease on it; at death I find rest in it;--what makes my life a good makes my death also a good. …