Quotes About Inspiration

Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine.

I always said that if I had the platform and the opportunity to share my story and make it easier for others, I would - so that, in a way, I can be the role model that I was looking for as a kid.

When the Beatles first came out, you had to go to a certain amount of trouble to have long hair. You just couldn't have it immediately. Anything you can just go out and get - like platform shoes - is not going to inspire people as much as something they have to go through a little bit of hell to have.

I want to give other creatives the opportunity to find the entrepreneur inside themselves and teach them how to build their own platform.

It is important that we women use our position as a platform to influence for good.

It's one of the reasons I want to do 'Dancing with the Stars': it's a platform to educate.

My plan is to give myself the space and a platform to freely express my creativity.

As CEO of Levo, a millennial-focused career platform, I'm fascinated by how others turn their passion into success.

As a responsible citizen and a role model to a certain section of people, I need to use every available platform to reach out to the impressionable sections of our country.

I feel like music is just a platform and foundation just to be able to explore and see what's outside of it.

I have been so blessed not only to talk about things that I want to talk about in my industry, but also to have a platform - and people want to hear about it.

I'm honored to be a part of the #ShowEm campaign because it recognizes the importance of who we are at our core and what drives us to become who we want to be, no matter what obstacles we face. Jockey has given me a platform to show people that the impossible can be possible if you keep fighting and believing.

The biggest things I have are the platform that I have and influence.

Social media gives a lot of people a platform where they can express their feelings. I like to do mine through songs. I let info build up. In some way, it translates into paper whenever I sit down.

I truly believe that diversity is so important, and I hope that I can use my platform to encourage and inspire other aspiring female artists.

Norwich is a brilliant platform for me.

We believe that we get so that we can give, and we've been so blessed in the platforms and opportunities that we've been given.

I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts. But I found that after the arm was put back together I could draw better than before. I have no idea why.

So when you're sat there and you're looking at a platinum disc on your wall, for a song you wrote on your own, it's like this is getting crazy, man. It's all crazy.

I'm hoping I can evade a type and go for roles based on what I consider plausible and what I consider good.

In the five months I wrote the final draft of 'The Association of Small Bombs,' I never fell out of the book. The world was real to me: plausible and powerful.

It's about knowing how to make a groove happen and keep it going so others can play off it.

'Let the music play on' would be my legacy.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.