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Quotes About Inspiration

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
~ Thomas A. Edison
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
~ Jean de La Fontaine
If you want to be a leader who attracts quality people, the key is to become a person of quality yourself.
~ Jim Rohn
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.
~ Rudolf Nureyev
The problems with this world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were.
~ John F. Kennedy
All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.
~ Albert Camus
Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar.
~ Orrin Woodward
So, please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookcase on the wall.
~ Roald Dahl
Set daily, monthly and long term goals and dreams. Don't ever be afraid to dream too big. Nothing is impossible. If you believe in yourself, you can achieve it.
~ Nastia Liukin
Hold your head high, stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes, but morning comes. Keep hope alive.
~ Jesse Jackson
Your dreams tell you what to do; your reason tells you how to do it.
~ Jonas Salk
People would say, 'Girls don't play hockey. Girls don't skate.' I would say, 'Watch this.'
~ Hayley Wickenheiser
The task of leadership is not to put greatness into people, but to elicit it, for the greatness is there already.
~ John Buchan
Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.
~ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Reality is something you rise above.
~ Liza Minnelli
Up to a point you welcome being interrupted because it is only by interacting with other people that you get anything interesting done.
~ Ken Robinson
I ain't a rapper; I'm a motivational speaker. I don't do shows; I do seminars. I really talk to people.
~ Young Jeezy
Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.
~ Dale Carnegie
Youth and vision make an unbeatable combination.
~ Toyotomi Hideyoshi
It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe?
~ Isiah Thomas
The greatest pollution problem we face today is negativity. Eliminate the negative attitude and believe you can do anything. Replace 'if I can, I hope, maybe' with 'I can, I will, I must.
~ Mary Kay Ash
Get excited and enthusiastic about your own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.
~ Denis Waitley
Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement.
~ Eddie Rickenbacker