Wordgrove Post & Review

Quoted in The Grove:
The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.
~Flavia Weedn

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there.
~Josh Billings

EndQuote:
Spring is on the way; summer is on the way; storms are on the way; wars are on the way; sorrow and happiness are on the way; they are all on the way, they are coming! Everything is on the way! Life is a highway; while we are moving on the way, all else is coming towards us! Devil is on the way; angel is on the way! Stay firm on the way!
~Mehmet Murat ildan

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Harvested from: The Quote Garden
Curated by: Wordgrove

 

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Prewritten Exercise Theme:   home

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Posted from the Grove

Marcel Proust Character Questionnaire: Questions to ask characters in your book
https://www.writingclasses.com/toolbox/character-questionnaire/proust?utm_source

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~Dust video:  Ascension   (7:09)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6UcW9xLxwo

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You learn you can do your best even when it’s hard, even when you’re tired and maybe hurting a little bit. It feels good to show some courage.
~Joe Namath

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.
~Babe Ruth

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@Writers Platform

Prewritten Theme:   persistence
~BarTalk:
Dual Doggerels Dueling   #12

Robert the Bruce

Scotland’s own hero
The daring and brave
Beaten exhausted
Holed up in a cave
Witnessed a spider
Trying to weave
A web by her nature
The design preconceived
Undaunted by struggle
Undertook and achieved
Awed by her trials
Ground in natal belief
Took heart for the fight
And the land he would save

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Capitol Idea

Moon shots
The Great Wall and pyramids
Sling shot
Goliath and what David did
Bullied
Derided for her Warren piece
Explained to
Warned about
Told to cease

Nevertheless
She persisted

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Formula

Instants of courage
Fill pages of history
From laser sharp focus
To limitless energy
Heritage or knowledge
Spokesman for deity
Privilege plus college
All have their place but
Don’t solve the mystery

Achievements in science
To adventures in finance
From success in the arts
Name topping the charts
Music and movies
Theater and dance
Hard work and great heart
All play a part
But leave it to chance

Strive to succeed
Look for ways to advance
From guile to chicanery
The come-hither glance
Lucky in love moneyed romance
Fortunate birth with inheritance
These the ingredients with relevance
But heading the list for significance
Try persistence

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persist: how to win
persevere: outlasting them
perspire: shows you tried

 

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Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.
~Jacob A Riis

 

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