The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. – Emile Zola Category: Effort
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. – Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Category: Effort
There is a tendency to see divine intervention in things that happen in the normal course of miracles. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com Category: God
Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. – James J. Corbett Category: Patience