“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.”
"Woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart."
- Hal Borland
Love
"October is a fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen."
- Hal Borland
Awareness
"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. April is a promise that May is bound to keep, and we know it."
- Hal Borland
Hope
"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."
- Hal Borland
Hope
"April is a promise that May is bound to keep."
- Hal Borland
Hope
"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