16 November | a.m

Blessed are the steadfastly enduring, they that are patient under ills and hardships, who lament not over anything that befalleth them, and who tread the path of resignation....

- Baha'u'llah, Gleanings from the Writings of Baha'u'llah, p. 129

It is easy to approach the Kingdom of Heaven, but hard to stand firm and staunch within it, for the tests are rigorous, and heavy to bear.

- Abdu'l-Bahá, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 274