“In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.”
"It’s true that nothing in this world makes us so necessary to others as the affection we have for them."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
"Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly achieve in an age."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
"Love does not dominate; it cultivates."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
"The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through eternity."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love
"When a wife has a good husband, it is easily seen on her face."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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