Quotes About Inspiration

There is a difference between tears of hope and tears of hopelessness." —Erwin Lutzer

Randy Boyagoda

Create art. Not just an art, but thermo fucking nuclear art.

He reminded Biff of a character in a book that he'd read last summer. It was one of the most memorable and wonderful books Biff had ever read, but, as often happened, he couldn't remember the title, author, or name of the character. And yet, at the time he read it, he felt the book had enriched his life as nothing had for a long time.

Live a while in these books, learn from them what seems to you worth learning, but above all, love them.

Now you're here and everything's changing Suddenly life means so much I can't wait to wake up tomorrow And find out this promise is true I will never have to go back to The day before you

The world is larger and more beautiful than my little struggle.

Of all the religions in the world, there is none with the wealth of music that the Christian faith offers.

Let your devotional life be the beacon that guides you through the tough terrain you will face.

When we come to know our Creator, the questioning is not for doubting but for putting it all together and marveling at His wonders.

I don't think older Christians can ever fully know what an important role they play in the affirmation of younger believers. When you're just a youth, it means so much to have someone who's farther along the road say to you, "I see something in you, and I want you to be encouraged in it.

I believe God intervenes in the lives of every one of us. He speaks to us in different ways and at different times so that we may know he is the author of our very personality.

Me he desprendido de los toscos lazos de la tierra, he revoloteado por el cielo sobre alas con brillo de júbilo … He extendido mi mano y tocado el rostro de Dios.2

When hard reason fails, leave it to the poets.

But there is more to it than that. My belief has come about in large measure because of the lives and examples of people I have known—not the famous, not saints, but

Let us see how the threads of your hopes, your dreams, and your calling come into place spiritually, practically, and intellectually.

Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life.

Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.

Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about.

That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.

Libraries raised me.

You grow ravenous. You run fevers. You know exhilarations. You can't sleep at night, because your beast-creature ideas want out and turn you in your bed. It is a grand way to live.