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Inspirational Quotes
"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."
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"Just the example Delaware State University graduates set by the way they live their lives, should be an inspiration to other high school students to go to Delaware State."
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"Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings."
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"It may be those who do most, dream most."
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"Inspiration is God making contact with itself."
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"How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens."
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"If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird... 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so... if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion."
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"Remember, a real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."
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"Evil itself may be relentless. I will grant you that, but love is relentless too. Friendship is a relentless force. Family is a relentless force. Faith is relentless force. The human spirit is relentless, and the human heart outlasts - and can defeat - even the most relentless force of all, which is time."
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"Do the thing and you will have the power."
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"One could make a nice link between imagination and spirit. To make that link, all we need is some inspiration. Essentially, imagination has the innate potential to compel or inspire and to set in motion causation. That's why it exists."
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"Sometimes all you need is one person with a guilty conscience to come forward and do the right thing. Often, the miracle you need resides inside of yourself, when you humbly ask for forgiveness."
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"Your sacred contribution in the world is the service to humanity."
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"Don't let your problems push you. Let your dreams lead you! The lens you choose to view the world determines how you feel about yourself and everything around you. Optimism attracts goodness into our lives and gives us strength to overcome obstacles. You can't live a positive life with a negative attitude. Heaven on earth is not a place we must find, it is a choice we must make. Let every day be a love you can feel. Let every day be a dream you can touch. Let every day be a reason to live. Life is too short to be anything but positive!"
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"I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring."
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"Better beware of notions like genius and inspiration; they are a sort of magic wand and should be used sparingly by anybody who wants to see things clearly."
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"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all."
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"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."
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"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit."
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"Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials."
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"Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses."
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"Positively Inspired Man of Purpose, my style is P.I.M.P.'ish."
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"Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm."
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"Perhaps the gift you seek already resides within you awaiting the day you choose to unwrap it."
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"We can escape any hardship with hope in our heart."
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"The greatest sacred-adventure is the pursuit of dreams."
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"You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record."
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"Books are challenging and inspirational to me."
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"I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration."
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"Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death."
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"Wildflowers can't be controlled, and neither can the girl with a soul boundless as the sky, and a spirit as free and wild as the ocean."
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"Sometimes life gives you a little punch in the stomach... You just gotta catch your breath and keep going."
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"An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany."
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"Dream big. Start small. Begin today."
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"We like to admit to only that which already glows, although it is nobler to support brightness before it glows, not afterwards."
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"Events circumstances etc. have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown."
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"Do as gas balloons do, while in depression; inhale helium of happiness and fly high."
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"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it."
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"Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun."
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"Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude."
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"If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments."
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"But I did not find any positive inspiration in my studies until I approached my nineteenth year."
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"Education brings about opportunity, and in turn inspiration."
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"Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others."
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"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."
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"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."
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"While I take inspiration from the past, like most Americans, I live for the future."
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"Rosa Parks' courage, determination, and tenacity continue to be an inspiration to all those committed to non-violent protest and change nearly half a century later."
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