“I believe that it may happen that one will succeed, and one must not begin to despair, even though defeated here and there; and even though one sometimes feels a kind of decay, though things go differently from the expected, it is necessary to take heart again and new courage. For the great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed. What is drawing? How does one learn it? It is working through an invisible iron wall that seems to stand between what one feels and what one can do.” FeelsBelieveHeartKindMayDoeSometimesDoneSeemsHappensTogetherI BelieveCan DoWallSucceedDespairSeriesExpectedDrawingInvisibleGreat ThingsImpulseIronDecayDefeatedSmall ThingsHere And There Author:Vincent Van Gogh
“As might be expected of creatures so heavenly in color, the disposition of bluebirds is particularly angelic. Gentleness and amiability are expressed in their soft musical voice. Tru-al-ly, tru-al-ly, they sweetly assert when we can scarcely believe that spring is here; tru-wee, tur-wee they softly call in autumn when they go roaming through the countryside in flocks of azure.” BelieveMightVoiceColorCreaturesSpringMusicalExpectedHeavenlyAutumnAlsDispositionGentlenessFlocksCountrysideAngelicRoamingAzureBluebirdSpring Is Here Author:Neltje Blanchan
“How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and suffering right through the years, should now operate here to give me a fair and open trial?....consider myself neither morally nor legally obliged to obey laws made by a Parliament in which I am not represented. That the will of the people is the basis of the authority of government, is a principle universally acknowledged as sacred throughout the civilized world.” PeopleWorldGivingShouldYearsBelieveHas BeensMadeGovernmentLawSufferingCausesPrinciplesAuthorityFairsBasesGive MeSacredInjusticeExpectedTrialsDiscriminationCivilizedParliamentObligedThrough The YearsRacial Discrimination Author:Nelson Mandela
“However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as much to maintain it. One who has written a good book, is expected on all occasions to "talk like a book." Or, if one has achieved an act of heroism, he is expected to perform acts of heroism for the edification of all who approach him. There are people who can never believe they see a lion unless they hear him roar.” PeopleIfsBelieveMeanBookHappensWrittenApproachLaborExpectedReputationOccasionsLionsHeroismGood BookEdificationAll OccasionsActs Of Heroism Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“It's so easy to get into the same routine. A novel every two years; perhaps, improving technique. But I'm not interested in that. I'm interested in doing something fundamentally important--and therefore, it needs time. And what I've been doing, really, is avoiding this pressure to get into the habit of one novel a year. This is what is expected of novelists. And I have never been really too much concerned with doing what is expected of novelists, or writers, or artists. I want to do what I believe is important.” WantNeedsWritingYearsBelieveTwoImportantArtistI BelieveEasyNovelToo MuchHabitConcernedPressureExpectedTechniqueNovelistsTwo YearsRoutineNot InterestedImprovingAvoidingEasy To GetTime Of Need Author:Chinua Achebe