“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.”
"Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age — as your beauty fades, so will his eyesight."
- Phyllis Diller
Love
"I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then, I want to move in with them."
- Phyllis Diller
Love
"What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day."
- Phyllis Diller
Balance
"What I don’t like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day."
- Phyllis Diller
Happiness
"If you don’t have wrinkles, you haven’t laughed enough."
- Phyllis Diller
Happiness
"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