"Stars burn clear all night till dawn...." - Quote by Rumi
Stars burn clear all night till dawn. Do that yourself, and a spring will rise in the dark with water your deepest thirst is for.
More by Rumi
“Nightingales are put in cages because their songs give pleasure. Whoever heard of keeping a crow?”
“Let the beauty we love do what we do.”
“Whoever is sitting with friends is in the midst of a flower garden, though he may be in the fire. Whoever sits with an enemy is in the fire, even though he is in the midst of a garden.”
More on Perseverance
“The average for entrepreneurs is 3.8 failures before they finally make it in business.”
“I think that if you do the best you can in your life, you get your just reward. You sometimes give up a great deal to achieve a plane you're looking for. But if you find that it's important enough, then you do it. You have to decide. Even when you figure you've given up a great deal to get a small amount of something, the pain is only there for a short time. It really goes away. Whatever the quandary, it leaves you.”
“I had been rejected, but I was still in love.”