We’ve sourced some of the most interesting and thought-provoking Inspirational Quotes from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Democritus, Michael Gove, Robin Williams, Henry Rollins. Each of the following quotes is overflowing with creativity, and knowledge.
I love those who yearn for the impossible.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
The single most important thing in a child’s performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.
There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration.
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.
Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.
It was sad to leave ‘Pippin’ because it was a kind of inspirational turning point in my life. But it was time to move on.
I think if there’s something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn’t have to happen in the New Year. You can do that any time you please – not that it’s not a good inspirational tactic for the people that it works for.
I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
We sing inspirational songs, songs of praise and worship, and about how good and how big God is. We are magnifying the Lord.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today!
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
When I first got involved in the underground metal scene in ’82, ’83, there were only about five or six major Death or Black Metal bands around. There were so many other bands that were inspirational, that really helped.
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
When I see a friend play Hamlet or see an inspirational performance, I absolutely get excited by the idea of changing things up.
Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang – even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.
The MTC is known for singing music by great master composers, hymns, American music, Broadway numbers, popular songs, and inspirational music. If the audience doesn’t like one genre, they need only wait for the next number.
Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.
Of all human activities, man’s listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.
A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.
‘Do What You Gotta Do’ is a positive, inspirational song that says no matter what it is; whether you’re up against challenges or trying to get your dreams and aspirations met, you should do what whatever you have to do shy of killing yourself or someone else.
I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He’s the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I’ve ever seen. I like to be around people like that.
Don’t say I was an inspirational teacher – my former pupils would laugh their heads off. I was grossly incompetent, but I hope I didn’t do the children a disservice.
When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
To me, the Seventies were very inspirational and very influential… With my whole persona as Snoop Dogg, as a person, as a rapper. I just love the Seventies style, the way all the players dressed nice, you know, kept their hair looking good, drove sharp cars and they talked real slick.
Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon… must inevitably come to pass!
The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.
Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.
It is so inspirational, to see that in the world of Westeros, men are answering to women, and they are a force to be reckoned with. It’s empowering, and it’s inspirational as well, because you’re just like, ‘This is great!’
Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain… To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.
The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
There is nothing impossible to him who will try.
Before the music and before the fame, I loved Apl for Allan Pineda, for being a brother that he is and for the inspiration – for him to actually come to the States from the Philippines and make something of his life. That’s inspirational.
By now, you’ve probably caught on to something: my mother is always standing by with just the right Scripture or inspirational saying to get me through any tough situation.
I often wonder if I should adopt a cause to call my own or start tweeting inspirational messages. And when tragedy strikes and the world takes to social media, is it now my responsibility to respond with #RIPs and #prayfors?
Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
In my experience, I have learned that there is rarely the perfect man for the perfect job, but Reagan was born to play the role of president. He was an inspirational leader when the country really needed it.
To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.
We learn about MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. Take that same speech and put it in the voice of a woman. Would it be as inspirational? Would it have as much gravitas to it?
The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
I think that the reason for my success is that I am really not aspirational. I am inspirational in that the people at home feel like they can really relate to me.
There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration.
Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.
Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future.
We sing inspirational songs, songs of praise and worship, and about how good and how big God is. We are magnifying the Lord.
Seeing RuPaul go out there and not only create music, but TV and film roles, and continue to go down so many creative avenues – that is inspirational. For a person of color like myself, I see RuPaul and I say, ‘Oh, honey, I can do it too.’
‘Can You See’ is a beautiful song that follows a story of the star. It’s a very inspirational song.
The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you’re free.
Give light and people will find the way.
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.
When I am working out, I listen to inspirational speeches.
It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.
My father was very strict, a very militant parent, because he wanted us to be very focused kids. He sold the televisions, so we didn’t watch TV. And he didn’t want any music playing that wasn’t gospel or inspirational music. In fact, he didn’t even like a lot of gospel because he thought it was too bluesy.
We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the presidency back where it belonged, getting the trust back after Nixon. And President Reagan has been one of the most influential presidents.
I would say I’m an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them and apply them to your everyday life.
There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
This is just rap. I’m not trying to make people think I’m some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.
We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.
Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.
Can a person be inspirational? Does a person have global sensibility? That’s the hardest thing to find.
For years, I’ve worn my dainty gold bracelets with inspirational sayings and encouraging one-liners to motivate me in my career. I liked to look down at my wrist and be reminded of my goals.
I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.
Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.
Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
We’re in a situation where talented, motivated school leavers and graduates can send off a hundred CVs and not get a reply, and where a trip to the Job Centre is depressing rather than inspirational. And you know what, that just feels wrong.
Our ideals are our better selves.
The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Courage, my friends; ’tis not too late to build a better world.
Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.
The leaders who we admire who have been able to bring great change in the past – Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela – they’re all inspirational religious leaders and smart tacticians. It would be nice to find the Muslim Gandhi, wouldn’t it?
Architecture is not an inspirational business, it’s a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that’s all.
I do love to eavesdrop. It’s inspirational, not only for subject matter but for actual dialogue, the way people talk.
Late in my career, I was asked to do an inspirational record and a duets album and I didn’t want to do either.
The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I’ve always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life’s deepest joy: true fulfillment.
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
We will all agree that the role of a home-maker is not an easy one, and seeing all these ladies do it with such finesse is really inspirational! All of these strong women have inspired me a lot to get into the character as ‘Anupamaa’ truly resonates with their lives.
Light tomorrow with today!
Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
‘Ebony’ is very inspirational and aspirational to its readers.
It’s inspirational to see someone who is dying smile.
When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you’d go, what did you just play… immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That’s what we’re going to miss.
Each day provides its own gifts.
The most inspirational person in my life has been my mother.
And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.
People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you’re lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.
Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.
I’ve done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I’m onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.
Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I’ve ever done is a gift from God.
My mind’s my kingdom.
I look up to a strong woman; maybe that’s why I fell for Gaga. She works incredibly hard and is very strong and inspirational like Mom, with a great work ethic.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks – and Keith Richards has been one of the main contributors to my inspirational playing.
‘Get along, go along’ is not an inspirational philosophy, and only God knows how much moral cowardice it has covered up over the years. Serve your time, collect your chits, and cash ’em in for your home state? No, I’d say we could ask for more than that from our senators.
A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.
My goal in my career is to inspire people, is to get my music out there and have people enjoy it, and have people think of me as an inspirational artist.
I did an A Level in Theatre Studies and had a really inspirational teacher, and then I just went on to university.
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
Watching my family work so hard has been so inspirational, and I think I really got their work ethic.
‘Ebony’ is very inspirational and aspirational to its readers.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.
I love people who Instagram story themselves running and they’ll tag me or they’ll send me a message and they’ll be like, ‘Wow this is so motivational and so inspirational.’
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.
I look forward to making tangible and inspirational contributions to the Houston Technology Center’s initiatives. HTC is an engine behind Houston’s and Texas’ continued growth.
I grew up in a very spiritual home in a Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, FL. I was raised in the church, and my mother was a very inspirational person in my life.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.
In my experience, I have learned that there is rarely the perfect man for the perfect job, but Reagan was born to play the role of president. He was an inspirational leader when the country really needed it.
I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.
Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.
It’s music. It’s supposed to be fun and inspirational. You have to be inspired. If I did it because it was my ‘job,’ and I only did it to make money, I don’t think I’d still be doing it.
What’s on my playlist when I’m fighting is not so much hip-hop. Sometimes, it’s something more inspirational. I get a chance to think about what I’m fighting for, like, my family. It takes me to that state because a lot of times, it’s a spiritual warfare for me.
You can’t go with the intention of writing something inspirational. You just have to go with the right heart.
Brand is not a product, that’s for sure; it’s not one item. It’s an idea, it’s a theory, it’s a meaning, it’s how you carry yourself. It’s aspirational, it’s inspirational.
Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.
Think with your whole body.
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.
Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.
I have a 1969 Grammer Johnny Cash acoustic guitar, and it’s so inspirational.
Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
Mankind is made great or little by its own will.
A place for everything, everything in its place.
Traveling around the country, meeting fans and hearing their stories in person and on my radio show has reenergized my commitment to creating honest and inspirational content that not only serves my own creative purposes but can help and touch others as well.
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
The core of what we do is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and my music is a reflection of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It’s not as much inspirational as it is spreading the Gospel.
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
Belief creates the actual fact.
Northeastern folk music influenced me from a very young age. Sachin Dev Burman is one of the inspirational musicians in Indian film music. The way he fused folk music with his signature style is amazing. So, I am aware of the beauty of northeast folk music.
We all obviously need others to look up to, and be inspirational to us. Ford did a great job as far as putting the presidency back where it belonged, getting the trust back after Nixon. And President Reagan has been one of the most influential presidents.
I am shocked and deeply saddened by McQueen’s death. He was a genius, and his talent was second to none. Like many others, I always cited him as a hugely inspirational leader of world fashion. He will be greatly missed.
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
‘All in With Laila Ali’ is educational, inspirational, compelling programming profiling individuals that have reached for the sky, pushed themselves to the limit and did things that you would think were impossible.
The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.
I did an A Level in Theatre Studies and had a really inspirational teacher, and then I just went on to university.
It’s a moment that I’m after, a fleeting moment, but not a frozen moment.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Personally, I can’t see the appeal in trekking down to D.C. for a networking extravaganza, even if it is built around a special moment in American history. While I find the election of Barack Obama inspirational, I don’t have a desire to memorialize it with overly effusive celebration.
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.
Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul, and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.
Inspirational content really resonates, like how to raise venture capital.
My allegiance to the GOP was cemented during the 1980s, when I was in high school and college and Ronald Reagan was in the White House. For me, Reagan was what John F. Kennedy had been to an earlier generation: an inspirational figure who shaped my worldview.
I want to make this world perfect.
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
When deeds speak, words are nothing.
It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.
The authentic self is the soul made visible.
I don’t really watch too many movies, but I try to watch inspirational pieces about other musicians. Musical documentaries truly inspire me.
Seeing RuPaul go out there and not only create music, but TV and film roles, and continue to go down so many creative avenues – that is inspirational. For a person of color like myself, I see RuPaul and I say, ‘Oh, honey, I can do it too.’
Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Lack of enthusiasm in the stands tends to be less inspirational on the field. It doesn’t send the chills down your spine. It’s not that magic moment that you dream about growing up.
I know that my life story is an inspirational one and one that can, hopefully, help others achieve goals in their own lives.
As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
PUMA has been an iconic name in the fashion world for decades, their ability to remain at the top of the game in not only sportswear, but in culture and fashion is inspirational.
Growing up, in church we had the homily; at home it’s what I call the ‘momily’ – the inspirational and instructive mom-isms that every family has.
Let us make our future now, and let us make our dreams tomorrow’s reality.
Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.
Hopefully, when people see ‘Senna’, they will understand why this inspirational story needed to be told, why it had to be made as a movie for the big screen, and why it is a film for everyone.
God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in animals, and thinks in man.
You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It’s art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life.
We convince by our presence.
From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.
It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions.
I’m very fond of the British cinema. I’m a big fan of Martin Campbell and Daniel Craig. I actually find Daniel very inspirational, especially on the physical side of things. He really inspired me to get back into shape when I started to add on a few pounds. I think he’s a great role model.
If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world.
Craig Sager’s amazing attitude was truly inspirational. He was a champion during his battle, fighting every day with grace and humor.
If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
The power of pop culture stories should not be underestimated, and there is an enormous potential for inspirational stories that can have a positive, transformative effect on our lives.
If you look at a building by Mies van der Rohe, it might look very simple, but up close, the sheer quality of construction, materials and thought are inspirational.
The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.
Reading was very important to me as a kid. It was very inspirational to me. I went to a school where that wasn’t encouraged so much, but my parents encouraged that, and it has made me part of who I am.
I used to think I was a gay man with this idea of a muse in my head, like a woman that I thought was inspirational or aspirational. But the woman was actually me.
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
I have a Children’s Charity in Cuckfield, West Sussex, which helps young children affected by cerebral palsy and associated disorders. The perseverance these young people display every day is inspirational.
My father, Oliver Hynes, was an educator. He was originally just a teacher, a very good one, but then he was promoted to be in charge of education for the entire area. He was always an inspirational teacher. He was my big personal supporter, always coming here for the Tony Awards. My mother, Carmel, was a homemaker.
Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It’s part ballet. It’s part battleground, part playground. We clarify, amplify and glorify the game with our footage, the narration and that music, and in the end create an inspirational piece of footage.
We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.
We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.
At the end of the day, the one commonality that both Hindi cinema and Hollywood share is that they are full of talented and inspirational people. Outside of this, there are many differences, from the scheduling and rehearsal to promotion and directing techniques.
I said to the almond tree, ‘Friend, speak to me of God,’ and the almond tree blossomed.
Far too often, we have limited the definition of the Church. While not in all cases, in many cases, ‘Church’ has become an informational, inspirational weekly gathering rather than the group of people that God has ordained from Heaven to operate on his behalf on Earth in order to bring Heaven’s viewpoint into history.
Ideas shape the course of history.
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
I think anyone who has a passion for what they love to do, and who pursue it, is inspirational for me.
Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.
In fact, I wouldn’t really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.
‘Can You See’ is a beautiful song that follows a story of the star. It’s a very inspirational song.
What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?
I hope that at the end of the seven years, people will say that I have been of some inspirational value to them at home in terms of inclusiveness and abroad, I look forward to representing Ireland.
Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them.
‘Star Wars’ is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It’s what they want.
I used to think I was a gay man with this idea of a muse in my head, like a woman that I thought was inspirational or aspirational. But the woman was actually me.
All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
The upper middle class here still has options for entertainment. We have Internet, Hollywood and books. But for the majority and the masses, there is only TV. A lot of them sit at home and watch TV as they can’t afford other forms of entertainment. So, we try to do shows which have inspirational value.
When Bill Clinton ran in ’92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic.
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
When I was working at the Sprint store, I got laid off. I was bummed out, but I stayed positive. I used the money I had earned while working there to make my first album. Without that job, maybe ‘Corazon Sin Cara’ would never had been made. It’s a very inspirational story.
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!
Every video I’ve made has an inspirational message behind it. Since day one, I thought, ‘Okay, I want my audience to be, like, Disney members.’ So if that’s the case, I have to keep everything rated G.
Business gives you a massive high. Doing a great deal, coming up with an inspirational solution… It’s very addictive. But it doesn’t last long. In isolation, it’s a bit sterile. It doesn’t reward the soul.
My initial goal for the 1984 opening ceremonies was a show that would be majestic, inspirational, and emotional – a 20 goosebump experience.
In fact, I wouldn’t really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.
A lot of America is kind of done. People have been making films about it for 100 years. Everything to me feels used up. But Jo-Burg feels unbelievably inspirational to me.
MasterChef’s’ about real people and for real people. It’s aspirational and inspirational. There’s nothing snobbish about it.
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions.
Kunta Kinte is the closest thing I’ve ever seen… to a superhero. He’s amazing. He’s inspirational.
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
It was sad to leave ‘Pippin’ because it was a kind of inspirational turning point in my life. But it was time to move on.
In Spain, they show many Premier League games on TV, and it is an inspirational league. Maybe I would like to play in the Premier League.
Every video I’ve made has an inspirational message behind it. Since day one, I thought, ‘Okay, I want my audience to be, like, Disney members.’ So if that’s the case, I have to keep everything rated G.
The essential elements of giving are power and love – activity and affection – and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.
My allegiance to the GOP was cemented during the 1980s, when I was in high school and college and Ronald Reagan was in the White House. For me, Reagan was what John F. Kennedy had been to an earlier generation: an inspirational figure who shaped my worldview.
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
I think Spain will always remain inspirational, and I think French cuisine will continue to be very French and yet very relevant with its time and keep evolving. But the last thing you want for it is to become too trendy and confusing. It has too much history.
Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I’ve ever done is a gift from God.
In fact, Mario Parisi and my father are probably the two most inspirational figures when it comes to my growth as a company leader.
When I see a friend play Hamlet or see an inspirational performance, I absolutely get excited by the idea of changing things up.
The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.
Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.
We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
I think it’s great that you have inspirational female roles, that it’s not just the pretty girl on the arm of a man.
Although he’s no longer with us, Steve Jobs is still inspirational to me, as he managed to find the balance between right brain/left-brain thinking that is crucial to building a creative technology business.
Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.
I pray God may preserve your health and life many years.
I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
One today is worth two tomorrows.
Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
MasterChef’s’ about real people and for real people. It’s aspirational and inspirational. There’s nothing snobbish about it.
I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I’m trying to do creatively. At the same time, I do think it’s wonderful when I hear people say that it’s inspirational that I’m an Indian woman on camera. My life is very diverse, and my friends are a diverse group of people.
Every man’s life is a fairy tale written by God’s fingers.
Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
I would probably work with Drake as he is massively inspirational to me as a writer as well as an artist. If not him, then Susan Boyle!
The best way out is always through.
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.
And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.
I believe in living today. Not in yesterday, nor in tomorrow.
Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars.
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
If you’re funny and working in education, I think the perception is that you’re either inspirational or awful. So which was I? I suppose that depends on who you talk to.
Not on one strand are all life’s jewels strung.
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
Before the music and before the fame, I loved Apl for Allan Pineda, for being a brother that he is and for the inspiration – for him to actually come to the States from the Philippines and make something of his life. That’s inspirational.
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.
It is not ignorance but knowledge which is the mother of wonder.
Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.
Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.
You are thinking about the music, about the mathematics of it. It’s time-consuming and energy-consuming at the same time. That’s why I take my time off, my family time, as inspirational. I cool off.
Late in my career, I was asked to do an inspirational record and a duets album and I didn’t want to do either.
Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.
Teachers need to be more inspirational. But it’s also up to engineering to make itself more interesting.
Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.
When Bill Clinton ran in ’92, and I listened to him, and I had of course known of his record from Arkansas, I found him extraordinarily inspirational, and I voted Democratic.
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing.
Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.
You change your life by changing your heart.
Don’t say I was an inspirational teacher – my former pupils would laugh their heads off. I was grossly incompetent, but I hope I didn’t do the children a disservice.
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
Anytime you have the opportunity to do any kind of story that is based on a true story, I think those are the most inspirational.
I thought ‘Moulin Rouge’ was inspirational, and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ I loved.
You must do the things you think you cannot do.
What they have done in Japan, which I find so inspirational, is they’ve brought the toilet out from behind the locked door. They’ve made it conversational. People go out and upgrade their toilet. They talk about it. They’ve sanitized it.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
Enthusiasm moves the world.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.
Whenever I would go to Hrithik’s vanity van to chat or rehearse lines, I’d see him working out or watching inspirational videos. One thing that I’ve learnt from him is that, as an actor, you have to worship your body.
I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary – a good combination for a teacher.
Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
If someone says ‘grunge’ or ‘punk,’ you know what the sound is, but if you say ‘No Wave,’ it’s kind of mysterious. That was the most interesting part and should have been the most inspirational thing about it… here’s this collective sonic insanity, and none of it sounds anything alike.
Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
Out of difficulties grow miracles.
Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang – even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.
I’m very fond of the British cinema. I’m a big fan of Martin Campbell and Daniel Craig. I actually find Daniel very inspirational, especially on the physical side of things. He really inspired me to get back into shape when I started to add on a few pounds. I think he’s a great role model.
Every song you’re trying to find something that going to connect in different ways but for me the songs that I’m really drawn to are inspirational, songs that lift you and that everybody can relate to no matter where you’re from.
Countless as the sands of the sea are human passions.
I dwell in possibility.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
Our country is one of the youngest in the world. Our youngsters need to be told inspirational stories.
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’
I would probably work with Drake as he is massively inspirational to me as a writer as well as an artist. If not him, then Susan Boyle!
Once I knew only darkness and stillness… my life was without past or future… but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.
I really think that it’s disgusting that Paris is the only place where it is illegal for paps to follow you around. It actually took someone losing their life – Diana, an inspirational woman – and then it changed, but they still won’t change it in London! It’s horrible!
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
I believe it is in my nature to dance by virtue of the beat of my heart, the pulse of my blood and the music in my mind.
I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.
Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
I always like a woman in power in politics. I think they’re pretty inspirational in terms of looks to begin with. It’s very calculated.
Kunta Kinte is the closest thing I’ve ever seen… to a superhero. He’s amazing. He’s inspirational.
So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that’s exactly how I approached it – only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.
Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.
I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am?
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Silent pictures show us how we lived and what our attitudes were. And as an art form, they can be wonderfully entertaining and often inspirational.
We are here to make another world.
I have a Children’s Charity in Cuckfield, West Sussex, which helps young children affected by cerebral palsy and associated disorders. The perseverance these young people display every day is inspirational.
I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read ‘Just Kids’ and it’s an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.
I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He’s the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I’ve ever seen. I like to be around people like that.
