"It is such a happiness when good people get together — and they always do."
- Jane Austen
Love
"To love is to burn, to be on fire."
- Jane Austen
Love
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature."
- Jane Austen
Love
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
- Jane Austen
Love
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony. Half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever."
- Jane Austen
Love
"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