Perspiration Quotes

“You have to dig a well before you can draw water from it.”
― Richie Norton, The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret

“I know ladies don’t sweat, but something was running down my face in great rivulets.”
― Rhys Bowen, Royal Flush

“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

“If genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration, then as a culture we tend to lionize the one percent.”
― Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“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

“Karate is five percent sweat; the rest is all commitment”
― Soke behzad Ahmadi

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

“Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.”
― Thomas Eidson

“Ladies glisten, men perspire, horses sweat.

-Early Nun Quote, The Old Ursuline Convent (1727)
New Orleans, LA”
― Diana Hollingsworth Gessler, Very New Orleans: A Celebration of History, Culture, and Cajun Country Charm

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration - said the genius who was 1% showman and 99% fraud.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch