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Inspirational Quotes


"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just."



"Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto."


"The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds."


"Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures."


"Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life."


"Do the thing and you will have the power."



"If you speak things into existence, they will become real.."


"Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage."


"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic."


"Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel I never have enough of in the autumn."


"Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go.""


"We only live if we dream."


"There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it. Change the story, change the world."


"Your sacred contribution in the world is the service to humanity."



"I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring."


"Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work."


"A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing."


"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."


"When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your're the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying."


"Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death."


"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."


"We never know how high we areTill we are called to rise;And then, if we are true to plan,Our statures touch the skies.The heroism we reciteWould be a daily thing,Did not ourselves the cubits warpFor fear to be a king."


"Have a dream in your head and a fire in your heart."


"Do as gas balloons do, while in depression; inhale helium of happiness and fly high."



"I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way."


"Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself."



"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today."


"A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths."


"A star needs a star."


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


"But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me."


"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."


"Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content."


"But it is said: Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. The choice is yours: to go or wait.''And it is also said,' answered Frodo: 'Go not to the Elves for counsel for they will answer both no and yes.''Is it indeed?' laughed Gildor. 'Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill."


"The groups, though, were my inspiration way back then. I liked Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers."



"It is not a garment I cast off this day, but a skin that I tear with my own hands.Nor is it a thought I leave behind me, but a heart made sweet with hunger and with thirst."


"We live only for the hope of love."


"'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want."


"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."


"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."


"His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine."


"You can create the life you wish to have."


"The pursuit of our dreams is not without any difficulty. Those who triumph have learn't to overcome the difficulty."


"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."


"Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words."


"Every great inspiration is but an experiment."


"The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities."


"It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming."


"Believe in something important. Pursue it wholeheartedly."
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