Those who steadfastly practice and don’t give up

[Jitendra Hydonus]

God does not always appear before us just because we have meditated deeply for several years, or for whatever we consider a proper length of time. If there is some flaw in their love, even saints who have meditated for incarnations may be chastened by God's failure to appear. But to those who make no demand, who just keep on striving, saying, "Lord, I will wait for You, no matter how long it takes," He will come. The greatest factor for success with God is to have that resolute desire. Lord Krishna said, "Out of one thousand, one seeks Me; and out of a thousand that seek Me, one knows Me." * Those who last to the end of the path will be the first to find Him.

- Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
Book - Solving the Mystery of Life
Chapter - Follow the Path of the Great Ones!, page 381
* Bhagavad Gita VII:3