Quotes About Inspiration

Life is meaningless only if we allow it to be. Each of us has the power to give life meaning, to make our time and our bodies and our words into instruments of love and hope.

My mother...she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.

In imagination, there's no limitation.

Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.

A teacher has a job; but a good teacher has a passion.

Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

You will always have your own problems. But remember, the little ones will not matter as much when you take on someting as meaningful and life changing as one that makes a difference for others.

So, you see, it's not just picking out images that speak to your dreams and aspirations, It's really believing in your goals, really convincing yourself that they are attainable, and really knowing that you deserve to have them come true. There's no such thing as an impossible dream, but there are people who are afraid to dream. Dare to dream big.

Since the Lord is speaking directly to you through journaling, I believe journaling amounts to receiving a personal prophecy. The New Testament limits prophecy to three categories: "edification, exhortation, and comfort" (1 Cor. 14:3).

Journaling at the Beginner's Stage

Who but a brazen crazy person would go one-on-one with blank paper or canvas armed with nothing but ideas?

At the end of his life, which had included financial ruin in the Great Depression, his wife's barbiturate addiction and death by overdose, and then his own lung cancer, Doc said, "It was enough to have been a unicorn." What he meant was that he got to do art. It was magic to him that his hands and mind got to make wonderful things, that he didn't have to be just another goat or horse.

I don't go to Mass every day. But I go to church every day. Just sitting there, thinking - it's a great way to start the morning, you know? You feel so good coming out, and your approach to everything is suddenly really clear.

James Cagney, Steve McQueen, I loved all those guys. I grew up loving the movies but had no desire to be in them.

If you genuinely believe that only the death of a loved one can motivate a human being to take up a cause...then get your pathetic, cynical ass out of my way so I can do my job!

We answer rage with wisdom. We answer fear with imagination. We answer war with hope. We are, each of us, important.

You're not perfect. Sometimes, you can be a real jerk. Not on purpose. Just sometimes. But no matter what, you are a man of integrity. That is your defining characteristic. You can't see this, but it comes off you so strong that I have watched Avengers be intimidated by it. Be inspired by it. Your integrity carries a weight you can't imagine. It has meaning.

Whenever I think I've had an uphill battle, I remember Matt Murdock. Not just because he's blind, although even with his other senses hyper-enhanced, that is a climb. And not because he's become a world famous lawyer despite his impairment. But because being Daredevil has cost him everything more than once, more than twice and yet he still suits up any time there's trouble. Because he is a man without fear. Spider-Man

Usually, in daily life, we are motivated to do something, then we do it. But when mood is low, we have to do something before the motivation comes.

When mood is low, motivation follows action, rather than the other way around. When you put the action first, motivation follows.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it." W. H. Murray, The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951

Ideas," Hagen said, "are shit. It's knowing what to do with an idea that matters.

Success comes to people with leadership skills, a sound vision, enthusiasm, and the willingness to put forth the effort to build an organization and find others who will do the same.

Why did god create a dual universe? So he might say 'Be not like me. I am alone.' And it might be heard.