Quotes About Inspiration

There was a band playing in my head, And I felt like getting high

Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what.

No matter how many books I write, I will eventually get to fiction. That is where I'm going.

Keep on rockin' in the free world!

Neil Young David Briggs

People lived their lives, carelessly dropping information as if it were trash. The writer moved behind them like a ragpicker. She cleaned and separated their garbage, culled and collected it.

With a freedom unavailable to me as a historian, my imagination was feeding off history that I had written.

Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it

The farther away you get from the literary traffic, the closer you are to sources.

A leader is like a shepherd...staying behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation.

I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

A leader. . .is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great, you can be that generation

Your playing small does not serve the world. Who are you not to be great?

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.

Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.