Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison

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You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to. ― Robin Williams

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We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ― Joseph Campbell

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The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

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Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.

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Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

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Stop and consider! life is but a day

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Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

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You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

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I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. - Gustave Courbet

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