Inspire Quotes

Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of things and certain tones and just what feels good. It takes me back to the type of music that I grew up on in my household. We played a lot of gangsta rap, but we also played a lot of oldies, and I think that mix is part of what inspires my sound.

~ Kendrick Lamar

I don't need an award to inspire me to keep making music.

~ Jake Bugg

The finest lesson I've learned with age is that all I need is a small team of comrades who inspire me, try not to judge me, and remind me when I'm judging myself.

~ Lake Bell

I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.

~ Tadao Ando

A lot of food shows need only to tempt. Some food shows only need to inspire, to empower. And there are a lot of shows that do that.

~ Alton Brown

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

~ Sonny Perdue

When you train seven days a week, you need good scenery to inspire you.

~ Alistair Brownlee

What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.

~ Bertrand Piccard

I love surfing, rock climbing, cycling - all that stuff. But it's just amazing that I can inspire people with my running. It's humbling, really.

~ Dean Karnazes

If I can inspire people by showing that following a dream by working hard and being determined is possible, it's amazing.

~ Leona Lewis

Just knowing that through my music I actually inspire people is amazing for me and I find it very heartwarming.

~ Thia Megia

I think leadership is service and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential.

~ Denise Morrison

There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.

~ Julie Taymor

Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.

~ Harvey Fierstein

Teachers have a chance to mold someone, inspire them. I hope all teachers realize that.

~ Kevin James

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

~ Anne-Marie Duff

Nobody in a leadership level in American politics is trying to inspire the American people. Everybody needs to be goosed. The vast majority of people are not self-starters.

~ Rush Limbaugh

I embraced everything that I thought would hold me back from pursuing my dreams and used my insecurities to give me the courage to inspire and advocate for others who possessed many of the same insecurities I had.

~ La'porsha Renae

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

~ Kobe Bryant

You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.

~ Max Beerbohm

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

~ Tony Dorsett

There are a lot of movies that inspire me to do what I do.

~ Jerry Bruckheimer

Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.

~ Douglas Conant

Branding is not merely about differentiating products; it is about striking emotional chords with consumers. It is about cultivating identity, attachment, and trust to inspire customer loyalty. Chinese brands score low on attributes such as 'sophisticated,' 'desirable,' 'innovative,' 'friendly,' and 'trustworthy.'

~ Nirmalya Kumar

The arts, quite simply, nourish the soul. They sustain, comfort, inspire. There is nothing like that exquisite moment when you first discover the beauty of connecting with others in celebration of larger ideals and shared wisdom.

~ Gordon Gee

I wanted to inspire every little girl who wants to be a dancer to fire their imagination about the joys of being on the stage.

~ Darcey Bussell

It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women.

~ Elizabeth Wurtzel

Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired.

~ Greg Bear

As technology advances, so too does terrorists' use of technology to communicate - both to inspire and recruit. The widespread use of technology propagates the persistent terrorist message to attack U.S. interests, whether in the homeland or abroad.

~ James Comey

I'm thrilled to continue my partnership with U by Kotex for Generation Know while helping to empower girls. I've always been a motivational resource for my younger sisters and hope I can positively impact and inspire other young girls too.

~ Khloe Kardashian

I'm trying to fight the terrorism that's actually causing the other forms of terrorism. You know, the root cause of terrorism is the stuff that the U.S. government allows to happen, and the foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists. And it's easy for us because it's just some oil.

~ Lupe Fiasco

I've never chased money. It's always been about what I can do to motivate and inspire people.

~ Tyler Perry

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.

~ Justin Timberlake

I'm happy to help Crest Whitestrips on their mission to inspire photographers everywhere to capture smile moments and would encourage aspiring photographers to express themselves through their photos.

~ Nigel Barker

Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire.

~ Maggie Gallagher

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

~ Charles Caleb Colton

Teachers are always trying to inspire people to do better, to learn, to grow. That's what we do, and we're proud of the success we've had here doing that, and it's something we'll certainly continue to do.

~ Nick Saban

Poetry is meant to inspire readers and listeners, to connect them more deeply to themselves even as it links them more fully to others. But many people feel put off by the terms of poetry, its odd vocabulary, its notorious difficulty.

~ Edward Hirsch

Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.

~ Voltaire

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

~ Amos Bronson Alcott