Inspiration Quotes

Languages are dying at an unprecedented rate. A language dies every 14 days.

The only hope of preserving what is best, lies in the practice of an immense charity, a wide tolerance, a sincere respect for opinions that are not ours.

Of the 6,000 languages spoken on Earth right now, 3,000 aren't spoken by the children. In one generation, we're going to halve our cultural diversity.

You become what you think about

That's the trouble with loving a wild thing: You're always left watching the door.

You have to salvage what you can, even if you're the one who buried it in the first place.

It does wonders for my own psyche to turn envy into inspiration. No matter how successful we become, we're never above that.

Lead by inspiration, not intimidation.

If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you -- and if you don't, nobody can help you.

Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.

Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.

We become what we habitually contemplate

A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character.

You don't need to wait for inspiration to write. It's easier to be inspired while writing that while not writing.

Give your kids time to dream.

Don't think you are unstoppable or foolproof. Don't think that the only way your business will work is through perfection. Don't aim for perfection. Aim for success.

Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.

In the 21st century, somebody or something has changed the rules about how our world works.

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

We spend our time responding rationally to a world which we understand and recognize, but which no longer exists.

Without passion, you don't have any energy, and without energy, you simply have nothing

In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential.

Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration.

As a magician, I think everything is possible. And I think if something is done by one person it can be done by others.

The brilliance of contemplated beauty opens the spirit to the mystery of God.

We transform the world, but we don't remember it. We adjust our baseline to the new level, and we don't recall what was there.

[Our lab uses] a desktop inkjet printer, but instead of using ink, we're using cells.

If you are aware of your weaknesses and are constantly learning, your potential is virtually limitless.

Just because a person spends her time making a piece of something does not mean that she becomes that - a piece of something.

If you practice the holy exercise of Spiritual Communion a good many times each day, within a month you will see yourself completely changed.

Do work you love and are passionate about, look outside of the world of graphic design for inspiration.

Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It's too high! Come to the edge! And they came, and he pushed, and they flew.

I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.

In 6,000 years of storytelling, [people have] gone from depicting hunting on cave walls to depicting Shakespeare on Facebook walls.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

We are all 99.9 percent genetically equal. It is one one-hundredth of one percent of genetic material that makes the difference between any one of us.

God is constantly knocking at the gate of my heart to invite me to go beyond the state I have reached, because my whole life should be a journey on the way to Love.

Human beings have always told their histories and truths through parable and fable. We are inveterate storytellers.

The greatest barrier to evangelization today is bad example....Our strategy of evangelization must be based upon sanctity, upon our enthusiastic response to Christ's universal call to holiness.

Whenever you save five shillings you put a man out of work for a day.

Don't assume that what we currently think is out there is the full story. Go after the dark matter, in whatever field you choose to explore.

And that's the way it is.

The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine.

Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on you and then makes His dwelling in you.

A role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have every reason to doubt, saying, "Yes, someone like me can do this."

Happiness is the sense that one matters.

Children ... smile as many as 400 times per day.

Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired

If we can write or sing or create in some way, even when we are dealing with difficulties or pain, then it becomes something bigger than ourselves — and often beautiful.