“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.”
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain
Courage
"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
- Mark Twain
Compassion
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started."
- Mark Twain
Motivation
"Synergy — the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously."
- Mark Twain
Teamwork
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"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