Inspiring Quotes

Today it is time to give the government a new lease of life and this new phase which is as demanding as it is inspiring requires renovated energy and new faces.

My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is.

When you first start doing it, being on tour is inspiring, because you've never been anywhere.

What I've noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it's so wonderfully fair.

There is nothing terribly wrong with my face, even if some of its parts aren't very inspiring.

In an odd way, Donald Trump and maybe Brexit is gonna be great for inspiring a new wave of socially conscious political music.

To go again over the history of the struggle of resistance ... and to think 'Where are all these people today Where is the KGB' is very inspiring

Anything that forces the human soul to scream out and fight really brings out the best in us, and to have an opportunity to portray characters like that is inspiring.

Truth is often uncomfortable. It is only comforting to those who do not wish to ignore it. Then, truth becomes not only comforting, but inspiring.

Video screenshot Facts and figures from Nelson Mandela's life, set to the trailer from 'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.' "Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished."

Your victory has demonstrated that no person anywhere in the world should not dare to dream of wanting to change the world for a better place.

Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

I am committed to cultivating loving speech and deep listening in order to bring joy and happiness to others and relieve others of their suffering.

One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.

I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real introduction into classical music. It was totally inspiring to me.

I find it inspiring and I always think when I'm working on something new, whether it's a new kind of character or a new kind of story or new kind of camera, it gets my creative wheels spinning.

I find children inspiring. The way they look at the world. The magical world they live in, to me, is inspiring.

I love art. I love music. It's more about the lifestyle you yourself have - that's the most inspiring thing. The way you share relationships with the people around you.

[My favorite thing about motherhood is] that it's made me grow into a woman finally, and I finally grew up, thank God.

History records endless struggles to enlarge those realms, inspiring ones; it also records painful reversals and setbacks.

I am an atheist. I don't think there's anything divine. Beautiful, impressive, awe-inspiring - sure, but not divine.

Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself.

It's always inspiring to watch live music.

Frankly, neither president [Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter] was an inspiring figure; so, maybe their lack of inspiration by the founders shouldn't surprise us.

I've never been as happy as I am now, because I followed the signs, I was patient, and I know that this is going to change everything.

A warrior takes every opportunity to teach himself.

I think the most inspiring thing that Americans can do for the rest of the world is struggle against the evils in our own society.

I've heard people in the Middle East tell me that the most inspiring thing for them as people struggling against dictatorship in the Middle East is the memory of the civil rights movement.

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

Life is not a struggle. It's a wiggle.

The legend engraved on the face of the Jewish nickel- on the body of every Jewish child!- not IN GOD WE TRUST, but SOMEDAY YOU'LL BE A PARENT AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.

I love the shape of cars. They are very inspiring as modern pieces of machinery. I can't drive, but I do like the look of them.

With technology, we can achieve universal access to secondary education within a generation.

To step away from the world isn't to draw back; it's actually a way to tune in.

I like to be around things that I find inspiring.

Keeping the mind open to new ideas, not being too anxious about success, putting 100% effort and meditation is the formula for entrepreneurs.

We must go through a natural revolution if we are to survive on earth. We need to change people's perceptions. If there's no environment, there's no human race. We are in a state of global denial.

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

Leonard Pitts, Jr. is the most insightful and inspiring columnist of his generation.

The Land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.

It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.

I said,'Instead of going in the direction that a lot of the women singers are going in [revealing], I'll be very, very sexy under 18 pounds of chiffon and lace and velvet...I will have mystique.

I was called a misogynist because I was reducing women to mothers. 'Reducing women to mothers' – now there is possibly the most anti-women statement I've heard.

I've only had good experiences with actors. Starring next to them and directing them, for the most part they're all inspiring, special people.

Kristen Bell is rare as an actress, because she's the type of actor who jumps out of a plane without a parachute - from a totally fearless place, which is really refreshing and inspiring.

Only 20 percent of employees working in large organizations surveyed feel their strengths are in play every day. Thus, eight our of ten employees surveyed feel somewhat miscast in their role.

If travel were so inspiring and informing a business ... then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers.

I'm just always making things that are personal but hopefully also inspiring, and share not just my story, but other people's stories.

I think there's a lot that's beautiful about religion and very inspiring, obviously, but I do think that God needs to be rescued from religion actually.

I definitely enjoy getting to know people I find inspiring.