James Whitcomb Riley

"When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck."

- James Whitcomb Riley

"I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away."

- James Whitcomb Riley

"And the humming bird that hung like a jewel up among the tilted honeysuckle horns. They mesmerized and swung In the palpitating air. Drowsed with odors strange and rare. And, with whispered laughter, slipped away. And let him hanging there."

- James Whitcomb Riley

"Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these."

- James Whitcomb Riley

"The most essential factor is persistence – the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come."

- James Whitcomb Riley

"The most essential factor is persistence—the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come."

- James Whitcomb Riley

"The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come."

- James Whitcomb Riley

"The most essential factor is persistence—the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by discouragement."

- James Whitcomb Riley

"The most essential factor is persistence — the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come."

- James Whitcomb Riley