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.
Honey comes out of the air At early dawn the leaves of trees are found bedewed with honey. Whether this is the perspiration of the sky or a sort of saliva of the stars, or the moisture of the air purging itself, nevertheless it brings with it the great pleasure of its heavenly nature. It is always of the best quality when it is stored in the best flowers.
Sports are 90% inspiration and 10% perspiration.
Once the inspiration comes, that directs where the perspiration goes.
Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!
Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
Gardening requires lots of water. . . most of it in the form of perspiration.
Genius defined: of inspiration 1% percent, of perspiration, 99%.
Inspiration without perspiration leads to frustration and stagnation.
Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration.
Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.
Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple
With dedication towards a destination and some perspiration one gets their heartfelt realization.
There are many troubles which you cannot cure by the Bible and the hymn-book, but which you can cure by a good perspiration and a breath of fresh air.
Perspiration is the best form of differentiation, especially in the creative world.
Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration
There's a little perspiration involved in bringing about change too.
Excellence isn't achieved without inspiration and perspiration. You've got to have both.
Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.
Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
