Quotes About Inspiration

Losing busbee was such a moment of upheaval. He had believed in me... carried me... brought me through everyone getting deals around me... because he knew something I couldn't see: that it would happen.

When you start a novel, it is always like pushing a boulder uphill. Then, after a while, to mangle the metaphor, the boulder fills with helium and becomes a balloon that carries you the rest of the way to the top. You just have to hold your nerve and trust to narrative.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

I'm having to deal with the LeBrons, Paul Georges, Gianniss, KDs, the 6ft 8in to 6ft 11in guys who can do everything at my height, shoot, play make, block shots, defend. They set the precedent I've got to uphold. There's no excuse for me. That's my goal, to be at their level.

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

If I'm going to release anything into the world, I want it to have a positive message. So I think that 'Sit Still, Look Pretty' and 'Hide Away' were two upbeat pieces, and their messages really uplift me the most.

We're not on a mission to uplift people, but music in general has such a profound effect on people.

There's nothing more special than talking in your community, and using your celebrity to uplift people and help them.

The same aspirations to celebrate and uplift the spirit that drove the Egyptians to build the pyramids are still driving us. The things we're doing differ only in magnitude.

I truly love everything about India. I love the fact I can uplift my soul, energy to higher heights.

We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

Lucky Me' is the story of every young black man who grew up like me. I want to use my story to uplift and inspire those who lived this and educate those who didn't.

Parents can plant magic in a child's mind through certain words spoken with some thrilling quality of voice, some uplift of the heart and spirit.

I feel real good because it's about representing the young world and how to uplift each other and how to push us to be greater and make sure we don't fall or get trapped or get in trouble, you know what I mean. Stay focused, you know what I mean.

What's interesting is with a lot of the work I do through my foundation, the 'Manifest Your Destiny' foundation, we really encourage people, and we attempt to empower, uplift and inspire people to live out their dreams, live out their destiny.

Our music is a get-up music. Get you up music, uplift your spirit. That's what I'm trying to give you.

The hook of 'Bryson' is based on something my mom created. She used to sing it to me when I was little and feeling down. When I was a baby, she'd sing it to me, and that's pretty much the hook. That's why the song means so much to me, because I feel like if it could've uplifted me, then I know it'll uplift others.

Ted Kennedy's inspiration will loom large over our politics for years to come, uplift us in the healthcare fight, and help to achieve his dream of liberty and justice for all.

I've definitely got a lot more cautious about my lyrics - I feel I want to be a positive force in the world, and I want to uplift people. That's something that comes with age.

Sports uplift us. It's celebratory, gives us optimism and joy.

To work with Miss Oprah has been amazing. To have her in my corner and inspire me and uplift me has been amazing.

As I grew up, a lot of the music was made to uplift the spirit.

Us girls have to uplift one another rather than bring each other down.

I've had the opportunity to see both sides of the human spirit. I've seen those who will put you down, demean you, brand you, and have a one-track mind of destruction. But I've also seen people who uplift you. I've been on a journey unlike any others.