Quotes & Sayings About Perspiration Inspiration

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration. — Evan Esar

Persistence isn't very glamorous. If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. We love its flash and dazzle. But great power lies in the other ninety-nine percent. — Susan Cain

Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both. — George Foreman

Science is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. — Albert Einstein

The idea itself is the ten percent inspiration; the hammering it into a viable, successful, memorable story is the ninety percent perspiration that follows. — Chris Claremont

Once the inspiration comes, that directs where the perspiration goes. — Carole King

When a person works with inspiration, he never gets tired or exhausted. When man works for himself, there is only the perspiration of labour without joy. When he works for a noble goal, he is inspired. When working for a noble goal, man derives tremendous strength from his chosen altar of dedication. — Swami Tejomayananda

Most, if not all, creativity is born out of perspiration rather than inspiration. — Blaine Hogan

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. — Jim Rohn

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

In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration. — Bil Keane

The path to success involves two parts. Part One is all about imagination and dreaming up a big idea. Part Two is all about having the diligence, the determination, and the tenacity needed to turn those dreams into reality. First comes the inspiration, then comes the perspiration. — Clay Clark

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

Inspiration without perspiration leads to frustration and stagnation. — Bill Bright

Success flows from perspiration, and inspiration from diligence and effort. — Amos Oz

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration! — Thomas A. Edison

Shino looked at me straight in the eye and smiled, her face brimming with a kind of inner strength. That strength seemed to gather the beads of perspiration that glistened on her brow, then sprang from her face and leapt across to my heart with a rhythm like ripples on water. — Tetsuo Miura

Genius defined: of inspiration 1% percent, of perspiration, 99%. — Thomas A. Edison

You have to dig a well before you can draw water from it. — Richie Norton

Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. — Thomas A. Edison

To create great work, here's how you must spend your time:
1% Inspiration
9% Perspiration
90% Justification — George Lois

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration. — Roald Dahl

Everyone is shy - it is the inborn modesty that makes us able to live in harmony with other creatures and our fellows. Achievement comes not by denying shyness but, occasionally, by setting it aside and letting pride and perspiration come first. — Kirkpatrick Sale

I've found that busting your ass on a daily basis to make your art good, clear, and meaningful creates the most luck. — Don Roff

Inspiration is like perspiration. It tends to strike at the most inopportune of times. — Max Hawthorne

Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration. — Johnny Miller

It's true when they say songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. In truth, what happens is ... songs comes through you. — Greg Lake

Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. — Vladislav Rastorotsky

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

There's a poster with Thomas Edison's quote: GENIUS IS 1 PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT PERSPIRATION. — Lauren Oliver

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 from all the books I've read. The fourth brought forth light perspiration, Dispersing a lifetimes troubles through my pores. The fifth bowl cleansed every atom of my being. The sixth has made me kin to the Immortals. This seventh ... I can take no more. — Lu Tong

If your creation is taking 99% perspiration, it stinks and you need more inspiration. — Kelly Bryson

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine. — Thomas A. Edison

I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted. — Harlan Coben

We get new ideas from God every hour of our day when we put our trust in Him
but we have to follow that inspiration up with perspiration
we have to work to prove our faith. Remember that the bee that hangs around the hive never gets any honey. — Albert E Cliffe

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison

Being a writer is 1% inspiration, 50% perspiration and 49% explaining you're not a millionaire like J.K.Rowling. — Gabrielle Tozer

That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true. — Yanni

My creative process involves that old saying: It's 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison

If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent. — Susan Cain

Genius is supposed to be 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.
On the other hand, catering is 99% perspiration and 1% improvisation. — Elizabeth White

It has been often said that writing is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration. In my experience, this is true. But, in my opinion, it is useless without that 1 percent. It's like an engine without fuel
can't get anywhere without it. Or like a lighthouse without a light on top
doesn't guide anyone in to home or safe harbor. — Robert Fanney

Knowing why you're doing something provides the inspiration and motivation to give the extra perspiration needed to persevere when things go south..
..Purpose provides the ultimate glue that can help you stick to the path you've set. When what you do matches your purpose, your life just feels in rhythm, and the path you beat with your feet seems to match the sound in your head and heart. Live with purpose and don't be surprised if you actually hum more and even whistle while you work. — Gary Keller

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation. — Harlan Coben