“Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.”
"Telling stories to my children that I was, in my turn, told by my parents and grandparents makes me feel part of something special and odd, part of the continuous stream of life itself."
- Neil Gaiman
Love
"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up."
- Neil Gaiman
Love
"Everybody is going to be dead one day, just give them time."
- Neil Gaiman
Awareness
"Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism."
- Neil Gaiman
Balance
"By March, the worst of the winter would be over. The snow would thaw, the rivers begin to run, and the world would wake into itself again."
- Neil Gaiman
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