Inspiration Quotes

His level of experience is nearly transcendent.

~ Davis Miller

The greatest part of our existence enfold in service of humanity.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Avner had lived too long and become too canny to claim the crown of Israel for himself.

~ Geraldine Brooks

Perhaps Ali's most significant talent with the ability to transport people past thoughts and words to a world of feeling and play.

~ Davis Miller

You say I can't do it because you can't. Mohammed Ali

~ Davis Miller

You have to be a light to yourself in a world that is utterly becoming dark.

~ Jiddu Krishnamurti

Few of us realize our potential; because if we did, we would pursue our passion and walk in our purpose.

~ Germany Kent

The common goal of leaders is to increase the value and productivity of people. Leaders inspire others to do better than they would have done when not inspired.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Optimists are more qualified storytellers.

~ Tomorrowland

A storyteller, a displaced poet, will absorb reading differently.

~ Richard Brookhiser

A person who is truly cool is a work of art. And remember, original works of art cost exponentially higher than imitations. Just take a look at the the coolest people in history. They will always be a part of history for being extremely original individuals, not imitations.

~ Suzy Kassem

If you never try, you'll never know. You are what you manifest.

~ Germany Kent

Tough times don't last always. Your hard times are there to shape you and develop your character. It causes you to become more aware of life and you develop an attitude of gratitude. Don't lose hope because it gets better.

~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

People can destroy people, People can also decorate. The former are misleaders, the latter are leaders.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

Simply thinking creatively is not the same as being innovative, and only those who risk breaking out of their comfort zone by putting thought into action will discover the profusion of opportunity that exists.

~ Michael Lum

Honesty is doing what you know or believe is right. Integrity is doing what is right and truthful.

~ Roy Bennett

Leaders inform, inspire and improve people. They educate, empower and enrich the value of their followers. They make impacts.

~ Israelmore Ayivor

You have great talent for great contribution to humanity.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Take the high road. People will rise up to join you or fall out of sight.

~ Shannon L. Alder

He is not the leader of great causes, but the broker of little ones.

~ Robert A. Caro

He did not falter, as long as there was a path that led toward his goal.

~ J.r.r. Tolkien

We have to work and serve humanity while we have the grace.

~ Lailah Gifty Akita

We tend to think that what matters is decided by society or culture or religion or our peers, but no one can say what truly matters except us.

~ Teresa R. Funke

Our art is never really ours. Each person who experiences it brings to it a piece of themselves and reacts to it in ways that stem from their personal struggles, beliefs, morals, and even hang-ups.

~ Teresa R. Funke

Let's make room for the kind of art that challenges us, pushes boundaries, stirs and inspires, and takes our breath away with its uniqueness. Let's reconnect with our artist souls and trust that if we make good art, we'll make good money.

~ Teresa R. Funke

To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him.

~ C.s. Lewis

These poems are cupsthat I pour my life into.Here, Drink!

~ Kamand Kojouri

Because at nightwhen others are sleeping, I drown myself in poetry.

~ Kamand Kojouri

Art is about going a little nuts and justifying the next sentence.

~ Young-Ha Kim

I create beautiful art, so I can look back on the life my body fell short of in such a way that it brings me peace.

~ Nikki Rowe

I have occupied this idle, empty winter with writing a story. It has been written to please myself, without thought of my own vanity or modesty, without regard for other people's feelings, without considering whether I shock or hurt the living, without scrupling to speak of the dead.The world, I know, is changing. I am not indifferent to the revolution that has caught us in its mighty skirts, to the enormity of the flood that is threatening to submerge us. But what could I do? In the welter of the surrounding storm, I have taken refuge for a moment on this little raft, constructed with the salvage of my memory. I have tried to steer it into that calm haven of art in which I still believe. I have tried to avoid some of the rocks and sandbanks that guard its entrance.[from the introduction]

~ Dorothy Bussy

The way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

~ Linus Pauling

Practice form, recognize forms, hone your natural gift, and let everything you experience teach you to never be a comparison. This is how art lasts, by pulling form first from the past.

~ James Emlund

My day begins at dawn as I take my cup of strong black espresso outside to watch the sunrise. I learned this ritual from my mother, who worked in a bread shop. Bakers are the great philosophers of the world, mostly because they have to get up early. When the world is quiet, great art is created - or, at the very least, conceptualized. Now is the moment to sketch, make notes, and dream.

~ Adriana Trigiani

I don't want realism. I want magic. I live magic. I am magic.

~ Oksana Rus

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while working.

~ Henri Matisse

Maybe stories choose how they are told and who tells them.

~ Kamand Kojouri

Sometimes it seems like pain is too obvious a place to turn for inspiration. Pain isn't always deep, anyway. Sometimes it's awful and that's it. Or boring. Surely other things can be as profound as pain.

~ Ellen Forney

If you don't know it's impossible, it's easier to do.

~ Neil Gaiman

if you have to wait for it to roar out ofyou,then wait patiently.if it never does roar out of you,do something else.

~ Charles Bukowski