Inspiring Quotes

We have lived in a world where the discoveries of physics and genetics are far more awe-inspiring, as well as infinitely more liberating, than the claims of any religion.

If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.

I don't think it makes me a role model. I think it makes me inspiring. Cause I'm from the bottom I think they look at me and go 'well, if he made it, I can make it'

War is not women's history.

The transpersonal is more awe-inspiring, more exciting than the thing we confuse it for.

I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.

What is important is what inspires persistence and determination- in other words what you care about.

There is something inspiring and sublime about the little forget-me-not flower. I hope it will be a symbol of the little things that make your lives joyful and sweet.

The racist rhetoric from politicians is inspiring people to organize, as more people see what happens by not getting active.

Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.

If the material is inspiring and motivates you, then it doesn't really matter what it is.

I'm guessing the stress of having to write for a deadline can be inspiring. Sometimes, pressure is good.

My mom is my hero. [She] inspired me to dream when I was a kid, so anytime anyone inspires you to dream, that's gotta be your hero.

A genuine odyssey is not about piling up experiences. It is a deeply felt, risky, unpredictable tour of the soul.

There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.

You have to risk going too far to discover just how far you can really go.

If you say you're worthy, you are. If you say you're not worthy, you're not. Either way you will live into your story.

Action is the 'bridge' between the inner world and the outer world.

Money will only make you more of what you already are.

If your goal is to be comfortable, chances are you'll never get rich. But if your goal is to be rich, chances are you'll end up mighty comfortable.

It is so liberating to really know what I want, what truly makes me happy, what I will not tolerate. I have learned that it is no one else's job to take care of me but me.

There's no one thing that's true. It's all true.

My mom had four kids, one with special needs. She had a full-time job, and she still came home and made dinner for us every night, from scratch. It was amazing.

To a significant degree, we are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth, and lacking the energy that could be ours because we overindulge in junk foods.

I'm a little bit older, I've traveled the world, spent lots of time in New York and Paris and lots of inspiring places, and I still feel alien.

When humans face testings and tragedy, they should remember the angels who are always standing ready to lend their celestial assistance, comfort and council.

Cohabitation seems a greater leap in cities because it's all the harder to extract oneself if things turn sour. It's what keeps otherwise functional adults living with their mothers.

If You Want to Send a Message, Try Western Union.

Music is the most physically inspiring of all the arts.

Simi? What was it you told me once about families? We have three kinds of family. Those we are born to, those who are born to us, and those we let into our hearts.

Where do you go to get anorexia?

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.

There's no such thing as a supermom. We just do the best we can.

But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences - is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.

There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied.

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

Desire something and don't just care what you have to go through to get it.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring, a south wind, not an east wind.

[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point.

Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it's cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.

Fifty years ago, 100 white men chasing one black man across a field was called the Ku Klux Klan. Today it's called the PGA Tour.

The best camera is the one you have with you.

We found that when people put this issue on the table, it turns out that men acknowledge the issue, and employers and employees can work out solutions just as working mothers do.

I can cook; but not well. I figure I have six years until my children discover what their friends' mothers make for dinner.