Quotes About Inspiration

Because it turns out you don't need a Y-chromosome to be a super hero... you just need balls.

When I was a kid, I did everything I could to get super-powers. Why? I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to be Captain America. Sometimes I fall short.

I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.

I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help me to live my grandmother's adage of 'Life is not about what happens to you, but about what you do with what happens to you.'

Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible

Which meant he had about eight weeks to pull something amazing out of his butt. His butt was not being terribly helpful.

When you say "Yes!" to your dream and do what you truly love to do, you are also transforming the world for the better.

Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.

The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.

There's always a sunrise and always a sunset and it's up to you to choose to be there for it,' said my mother. 'Put yourself in the way of beauty.

I know it's hard to write, darling. But it's harder not to. The only way you'll find out if you "have it in you" is to get to work and see if you do.

Or just close your eyes and remember everything you already know. Let whatever mysterious starlight that guided you this far guide you onward into whatever crazy beauty awaits.

I looked up at the blue sky, feeling, in fact, a burst of energy, but mostly feeling my mother's presence, remembering why it was that I'd thought I could hike this trail.

Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear in our lives.

Work hard. Do good. Be incredible.

When it comes to our children, we do not have the luxury of despair. If we rise, they will rise with us every time, no matter how many times we've fallen before. I hope you will remember that the next time you fail...Remembering that is the most important work as parents we can possibly do.

I chose Van Gogh.

Read it like a motherfucker.

I think of quotes as mini–instruction manuals for the soul. It

When the path reveals itself, follow it.

Let whatever mysterious starlight that guided you this far guide you onward into whatever crazy beauty awaits.

I think I cry because it always strikes me as sacred, all those people going by. People who decided simply to live their truth, even when doing so wasn't simple. Each and every one of them had the courage to say, This is who I am even if you'll crucify me. Just like Jesus did.

when we identify with what another has said or written, we use those words as an articulation of our own inner voices, not only as a celebration of theirs.

that I didn't have to be amazed by him anymore. There were so many other amazing things in this world. They opened up inside of me like a river. Like I didn't know I could take a breath and then I breathed. I laughed with the joy of it,