Quotes About Inspiration

Neal Shusterman

The Highest Thought is always that thought which contains joy. The Clearest Words are those words which contain truth. The Grandest Feeling is that feeling which you call love.

glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday and dream of who you can be tomorrow...

Others see their possibility in the reality of you. Your message is your life lived.

There are no fascinating people, only their works are fascinating.

Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence.

it is not the first language that is all-important, but which language captures the adolescent's imagination when he or she first discovers literature.

Dreams are only dreams until you wake up and make them real.

No," mom says, looking at me in the eyes. "What's a triumph is that you woke up this morning and decided to LIVE. THAT'S a triumph. that's what you did today.

You know what I think prolongs life?" Harry has said. "Art and Music. Beyond that, it is to have a heart full of love, That is the most important thing".

I've discovered that if you want to reach your true potential, it's much more effective to ignite a new passion for life than to dwell on past problems.

When you turn your attention toward what you love to do—activities that foster your spontaneity, motivation, and curiosity—you know that you are more than a procrastinator, more than just lazy.

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.

If one-tenth of what you believe is true, you ought to be ten times as excited as you are.

Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.

Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters.

You're alive, Bod. That means you have infinite potential. You can do anything, make anything, dream anything. If you can change the world, the world will change. Potential. Once you're dead, it's gone. Over. You've made what you've made, dreamed your dream, written your name. You may be buried here, you may even walk. But that potential is finished.

Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!

I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect.

When writing a novel, that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: 'House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.