“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”
"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end."
- Benjamin Disraeli
Love
"There is no greater risk than matrimony. But there is nothing happier than a happy marriage."
- Benjamin Disraeli
Love
"Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life."
- Benjamin Disraeli
Awareness
"Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes."
- Benjamin Disraeli
Belief
"No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition."
- Benjamin Disraeli
Balance
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
- Calvin Coolidge
Persistence
"I have stood on a mountain of no’s for one yes."
- Barbara Elaine Smith
Persistence
"First, forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice."
- Octavia Butler
Persistence
"A dragonfly's journey is proof that persistence carves canyons from cliffs"
Persistence
"Persistence pays off, buzz on like the dragonfly"
Persistence