Inspiring Quotes

I've always wanted to work with Elizabeth Banks. She's so talented and funny, and she's become this force of nature - directing, producing. Being around her is kind of inspiring.

Age doesn't matter. Obstacles don't matter. Winning is the challenge. Bottom line, inspiring others is the goal.

When you listen to nature, it may still be difficult to live a life, but it's inspiring.

Fear can be overcome by faith.

I celebrate every culture. I love the mix of cultures and I'm never going to change that because that's inspiring to me.

Set goals that are BOLD enough to scare you, but inspiring and exciting enough for you to commit 100% to!

The chickadee and nuthatch are more inspiring society than statesmen and philosophers, and we shall return to these last as to more vulgar companions.

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

A happy life, a life making full use of all our potential is and must be a balanced life. The obstacles to it are mainly illusory; most of our limitations are self-imposed.

Sometimes you have to lie. But to yourself you must always tell the truth.

As I visualize the new, I become dissatisfied with the old.

That's what's inspiring to me - finding someplace where people haven't already seen themselves in a certain light.

I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me.

The more you put yourself out there, the more there is for people to take exception with.

Fear of failure and criticism can be crippling. Don't let others' negativity take away your joy.

I love women like Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton, who kind of go out on a limb and do their own thing. I find it very inspiring and it allows you to do what you want to do.

Hillary Clinton is also not a very exciting, inspiring candidate to a lot of the left-leaning Democratic base, especially in Iowa.

It's possible to have an awesome life, but it's up to ourselves to do it.

One thing that was inspiring to me in my research about [Georgia] O'Keeffe was to learn that in addition to her success she had very hard times, and times when she was frustrated and uninspired.

You will learn and grow the least in your areas of weakness.

You cannot learn very much about excellence from studying failure.

Part of what makes me love acting so much is, I love the mystery of the universe and the human experience, and storytelling is a great way to perform that, and that is always inspiring to me.

You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail.

I wish I can meet my wife in the hereafter, but I don't think I will. I just cease to exist just as she has ceased to exist.

For a long time I was scared I'd find out I was like my mother.

However, there's nothing more inspiring than a company that does solve problems and those problems are captured as part of a larger story.

The painter's mind is a copy of the divine mind, since it operates freely in creating the many kinds of animals, plants, fruits, landscapes, countrysides, ruins, and awe-inspiring places.

The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all.

Thank you to the world for being a wild and inspiring place, full of odd creatures, strange people, and mysterious cities. I hope by and by to know you better.

Why are you still here?" she asked. "Shouldn't you be in a cave somewhere inspiring people?

Anytime you walk onto a stage or something where there's lots of people staring at you, you need to have something inspiring inside your head. Bolstering.

Women asking for raises should not only know their value, but they should ask with the confidence that they're helping the company to be successful.

To love life through our labor is to be intimate with life's inmost secrets.

People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one.

There are already a number of gatherings centered around women of color who are doing inspiring work.

You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you.

It's Twitter's combination of simplicity and complexity that is astonishing in the same way that minimalist sculpture was inspiring and enlightening.

And we're fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don't have that.

I think being in a place where there is nothing happening is very inspiring because you have to make your own fun, you are not reliant on imitating any other bands.

[What's beautiful about my mother is] her compassion, how much she gives, whether it be to her kids and grandkids or out in the world. She's got a sparkle.

I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

It's just a spare room in my apartment. It's very cluttered and not particularly aesthetically inspiring, and it's very un-noise-proof.

It is in the midst of the city that one writes the most inspiring pages about the country.

Life can be beautiful, profound, and awe-inspiring, even without an irate god threatening us with eternal torment.

My puppies play a daily role in inspiring me too! But most of all, my husband, Conroy Chan, inspires me in life. He's always there to help keep me going.

I don't really understand why I should be a role model but I know that children do look up to me, so it is my responsibility to motivate people and be inspiring. I hope that I can do that for kids.

Spring and fall, those are very inspiring times of the year for me.

The laws of nature are the skeleton of the universe. They support it, give it shape, tie it together. Taken as a whole, they embody a vision of our world that is both breathtaking and awe-inspiring.

I love to write - it is a great source of reflection, especially as I continue to meet many new inspiring people.