Inspiration Quotes

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

Inspiration comes in the middle of the night when you should be doing homework.

There's a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.

And empty words are evil.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.

My life. The life I'm living that's where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experiences.

Good leaders don't tell people what to do, they give teams capability and inspiration.

There will always be people who can do it better than you, but that's a good thing! Start to see competition as inspiration — without envy.

There are more than 27 million people enslaved in the world today - that's double the amount of people taken from Africa during the entire trans-Atlantic slave trade.

If I make a fool of myself, who cares? I'm not frightened by anyone's perception of me.

We need to feel the cheer and inspiration of meeting each other, we need to gain the courage and fresh life that comes from the mingling of congenial souls, of those working for the same ends.

Being a role model is the most powerful form of educating...too often fathers neglect it because they get so caught up in making a living they forget to make a life.

When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.

Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

Motivation is temporary. Inspiration is permanent.

The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.

Families are the compass that guide us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.

There is no neediness in desire ... there is no caretaking in desire. Caretaking is mightily loving, [but] it's a powerful anti-aphrodisiac.

God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit-that is the shortest route.

If you wait for inspiration to write you're not a writer, you're a waiter.

Never assume that you can make it alone. You need the help of the Lord. Never hesitate to get on your knees in some private place and speak with Him.

I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.

Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can.

Everywhere in a day there is light. Look around. Everywhere. Look at your smart phone. It has a flashlight, an LED flashlight. These are potential sources for high-speed data transmission.

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.

We, the people, do have the power to stop the tragic waste of resources if we regard it as socially unacceptable to waste food.

The defining factor [for success] is never resources; it’s resourcefulness.

Really, what [sea] ice does is it acts like a garden. … Losing that ice is like losing the soil in a garden.

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

The tension between what is, and what we dream of, is important. Not to discount what we have, but to hold onto that middle ground, because it's in there that the magic happens.

To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort

In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.

Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin.

The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.

Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.

There's only one thing that all the successful companies in the world have in common: None was started by one person.

Portray [people with mental illness] sympathetically, and portray them in all the richness and depth of their experience as people, and not as diagnoses.

I am now obsessed with the technology of the body. I think it's the most technologically literate thing that we have.

I've been shot down so many times, I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.

We as a church need to decide whether we'll seek the Anointing of God or the God of the Anointing

I no longer try to be right; I choose to be happy.

My wife Ricky is my muse. Her personal style and natural beauty have always been my inspiration.

I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts

If you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another.