Quotes About Inspiration

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.

New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

Now you wouldn't believe me if I told you, but I could run like the wind blows. From that day on, if I was ever going somewhere, I was running!" —FORREST GUMP

I had listened to my heart, and this is where it had led me

True leaders do not command their followers, but they inspire them, they do not lord over them, but are examples before them, and do not lead through compulsions, but through liberty. Ask your nature.

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him.

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.

I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.

She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.

The best thing I ever learned from my dad was he knew he wasn't the best of singers, but he always knew he was a great entertainer, and I always thought that was a good concept to bring along, that ultimately acting is an entertainment art and you have to be aware of the fact that you want people to be excited to be watching you.

But for many people, an even more motivating example than increasing blood flow to your brain and your heart can be found in The Game Changers, a powerful new documentary film produced by legendary filmmaker James Cameron

I admit to having an imagination feverish enough to melt good judgment.

Our poems are what the gods couldn't make without going through us.

If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

Why, that is most intriguing. A lady scientist," he said in a tone of wonderment. "What will they think of next?

tracing the letters of the motto. ALIS VOLAT PROPRIIS. She flies with her own wings.

Will you write?" I asked. "Probably not. The pen is a demanding mistress. I take delight in thwarting her expectations.

For all the glories I have seen, the mountains and the seas and the horizon itself, stretching to the furthest reaches of the eye, there is nothing to touch an English morning in spring.

the tragic death of a famous lady mountaineer,

A good teacher can change the course of a life.

And pity--people who inspire it in you are actually very powerful people. To get someone else to take care of you, to feel sorry for you--that takes a lot of strength, smarts, manipulation. Very powerful people.

Beaches, music, and car rides—they could all bring on a sudden bout of deep, dreamy thoughts.

But then there are the van Goghs and Hemingways and Mozarts, those who feel a hunger so deep, so far down, that greatness lies there too, nestled somewhere within it. Those who get their inner voice and direction from the cool mysterious insides of the moon, and not from the earth like the rest of us.