Quotes About Inspiration

Courage is the lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.

That's what being young is all about. You have the courage and the daring to think that you can make a difference.

Carolyn Heilbrun

In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.

'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a very old man full of daring, bravery, courage, determination, romanticism and dreams.

I don't want my kids saying, 'My dad was a gangster, so I need to be a gangster. I would rather mine say, 'My dad was a stunna, so I need to be a stunna.'

My Dad was so open creatively that I was off in search of black turtleneck bathing suits with long sleeves.

I want to thank my daughter, who told me, 'If you don't win, Dad, you're still good,' ... who taught me how to act.

My dad means a lot to me. He's the one who put a football in my hands.

A lot of young filmmakers bring their movies to my dad because he always gives lots of good editing ideas and notes. He'd be a good film professor.

What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason.

My dad is my biggest source of inspiration. He's a lawyer, and when he'd get home, we always sat down and listened to music.

My dad was my hero, my best friend.

I kind of was raised at The Comedy Store by comedians. When you see my dad on stage before me and then you see me, you'll see where I got a lot of my stuff.

The most amazing feeling I feel Words can't describe what I'm feeling for real Maybe I paint the sky blue My greatest creation was you.

See, I've always seen Jacques Cousteau as a hero, mate. He's a legend - like my dad, just a legend. And so what he did for conservation in the '60s through the '70s was just phenomenal.

My mom is my heart. But my [step]dad was my role model, the hardest working man I ever knew.

My dad would often take me to the cinema and I found myself really seduced by the imagery, I think this had a massive impact on how I viewed the world.

With my dad passing away, he's always watching me-a big smile on his face, watching every snap on the 50-yard line.

When I was a kid my Dad never let me sing Patsy Cline songs for one simple reason: they've already been done.

I liked a lot of the things other people liked - Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Van Halen, AC/DC - but if I compared it to my dad's music, there just seemed to be elements missing.

I like the wrestling and executing the throws. My dad was a wrestler and he showed me some of those techniques, too.

I think when you are the parents of a gifted athlete, the best thing in the world you can do is to encourage them, in my opinion. My dad didn't push me and I didn't push my children in athletics.

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.