Perspiration Quotes

49 quotes by 38 authors

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation. — Harlan Coben
Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison
Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. — Vladislav Rastorotsky
Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration. — Johnny Miller
Success comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration, and inspiration! — Denise Austin
When this love, the heavenly gift of Nature, appears in the heart, it removes all causes of excitation from the system and cools it down… — Sri Yukteswar Giri
That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true. — Yanni
Innovation = Inspiration + Perspiration + Perseverance. — Juan Roman Riquelme
Perspiration is the best form of differentiation, especially in the creative world. — Scott Belsky
Everyone is shy - it is the inborn modesty that makes us able to live in harmony with other creatures and our fellows. Achievement comes… — Kirkpatrick Sale
Dancing is an excellent amusement for young people, especially for those of sedentary occupations. Its excellence consists in exciting a cheerfulness of the mind, highly… — Noah Webster
The first cup moistens my lips and throat; The second cup breaks my loneliness; The third cup searches my barren entrail but to find therein… — Lu Tong
The first bowl sleekly moistened throat and lips, The second banished all my loneliness The third expelled the dullness from my mind, Sharpening inspiration gained… — Lu Tong
Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. — Stephen Leacock
People often say that writing is ten percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration. This is nonsense, of course. It's pretty much one hundred percent caffeine. — Caprice Crane
Gardening requires lots of water... most of it in the form of perspiration. — Louise Erickson
Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison
Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration — Thomas A. Edison
The bath soothes the nerves. It promotes general perspiration, quickens the circulation, overcomes obstruction in the system, and acts beneficially on the kidneys and the… — Ellen G. White
Honey comes out of the air At early dawn the leaves of trees are found bedewed with honey. Whether this is the perspiration of the… — Pliny the Elder

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