Quotes About Inspiration

Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

The prophets make us partners of an existence meant for us. What was revealed to them was not for their sake but intended to inspire us. The word must not freeze into habit; it must remain an event. To disregard the importance of continuous understanding is an evasion of the living challenge of the prophets, an escape from the urgency of responsible experience of every man, a denial of the deeper meaning of "the oral Torah.

In moments of great crisis they all fail—priests, philosophers, scientists—the prophets alone prevail.

It is not enough to think about the prophets; we must think through the prophets. It is not enough to read the Bible for its wisdom; we must pray the Bible to comprehend its claim.

The prophetic word creates, shapes, changes, builds, and destroys (see Jeremiah 1:10).

The way to understand the meaning of torah min hashamayim ("the Bible is from heaven") is to understand the meaning of hashamayim min hatorah ("heaven is from the Bible). Whatever taste of "heaven" we have on earth is in the Bible.

I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.

Life is hard but so very beautiful

In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.

I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down...

Writing is the great invention of the world.

if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

If my father's son can become President of these United States, then your father's son can become anything he wishes.

I shall adopt new Muse as fast as they appear to be true Muse.

I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west.

I never tire of reading Tom Paine .

All that I am or Hope to be I owe to My Mother

Make something beautiful of your life.

Among the books there were also some containing bombast. They didn't try to portray Nature as it is within and outside of man; rather, they tried to make it more beautiful, seeking to elicit certain effects. I turned away from them. If reality isn't sacred to them, how are they capable of creating something more beautiful than God's Creation?

Quem sabe? Talvez encontres a solução num sonho. Já aconteceram coisas mais estranhas.

What drives innovation is abundance and ease, not the pressure of scarcity.